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Tool Information: FFQ (Colombia)

Action
Energy, Macronutrient, Micronutrient Retrospective; Usual Day/Week/Month/Year Food Frequency Questionnaire No

Summary

This tool is a quantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) containing 92 items split into 8 food categories. The foods included for the tools reflects those that are traditionally consumed in urban and rural areas in Colombia. The tool was designed for use by the international cohort study Prospective Urban-Rural Epidemiologic study (PURE), it was validated in 2012.

Contact Information info

mahshid.dehghan@phri.ca

Tool Website

Special Considerations

A convenience sample was used for both the development and validation of the tool, this contained some illiterate individuals

Last Updated info

19/01/2018

Software Required

Not reported

Training Required

Not reported

Instructions on use

Not reported

Administration Method

Not reported

Data Analysis

Instructions on how to use the dietary assessment tool can be found in the publication

Author Year Comparator Lifestage Sex Number of Nutrients Validated Mean Difference Variance Measured info Correlation Coefficients Percentage Agreement Limits of Agreement Special Considerations Action
Dehghan 2012 24hr Recall Adults Both 8 A convenience sample was used for both the development and validation of the tool, this contained some illiterate individuals
24hr Recall Adults Male Only 8
24hr Recall Adults Female Only 8