The reliability and validity of the perceived dietary adherence questionnaire for people with type 2 diabetes

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Soria-Contreras, Diana C.
  • Xu, Yunke
  • Asaad, Ghada
  • Sadegian, Maryam
  • Lau, Rita
  • Chan, Catherine B.
  • Bell, Rhonda C.

• Nutrition therapy is essential for diabetes treatment, and assessment of dietary intake can be time consuming. The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid instrument to measure diabetic patients’ adherence to Canadian diabetes nutrition recommendations. Specific information derived from three, repeated 24-h dietary recalls of 64 type 2 diabetic patients, aged 59.2 ± 9.7 years, was correlated with a total score and individual items of the Perceived Dietary Adherence Questionnaire (PDAQ). Test-retest reliability was completed by 27 type 2 diabetic patients, aged 62.8 ± 8.4 years. The correlation coefficients for PDAQ items versus 24-h recalls ranged from 0.46 to 0.11. The intra-class correlation (0.78) was acceptable, indicating good reliability. The results suggest that PDAQ is a valid and reliable measure of diabetes nutrition recommendations. Because it is quick to administer and score, it may be useful as a screening tool in research and as a clinical tool to monitor dietary adherence.

• Date created

  2015

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Dietary Guidelines
  • Nutritional Assessment
  • Type 2 Diabetes

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R3KH0FC4J

• License

  Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareALike 4.0 International