TY - JOUR
T1 - An assessment of the relative validity of retrospective interviewing for measuring dietary intake
AU - Van Leeuwen, Flora E.
AU - De Vet, Henrica C.W.
AU - Hayes, Richard B.
AU - Van Staveren, Wija A.
AU - West, Clive E.
AU - Hautvast, Joseph G.A.J.
PY - 1983/1/1
Y1 - 1983/1/1
N2 - Van Leeuwen, F. E., H. C. W. de Vet, R. B. Hayes, W. A. van Staveren (Dept. of Human Nutrition, Agricultural University, The Netherlands), C. E. West and J. G. A. J. Hautvast. An assessment of the relative validity of retrospective interviewing for measuring dietary intake. Am J Epidemiol 1983; 118: 752-8.The relative validity of a method for determining dietary Intake four years previously was assessed. In May 1981, 79 people (46 women and 33 men, aged 29-69 years) were interviewed by use of the dietary history method concerning dietary intake in 1977. These results were compared with those obtained in this same group by means of a seven-day record in February 1977. For daily intake of energy and selected nutrients, the differences in mean intake were generally below 10%, while for six examined food groups, larger differences in the median estimates were noted. The results provide evidence that retrospectively collected dietary data have some meaningfulness, although questions remain concerning whether the retrospective dietary history method is sufficiently valid for use in a particular epidemiologic study.
AB - Van Leeuwen, F. E., H. C. W. de Vet, R. B. Hayes, W. A. van Staveren (Dept. of Human Nutrition, Agricultural University, The Netherlands), C. E. West and J. G. A. J. Hautvast. An assessment of the relative validity of retrospective interviewing for measuring dietary intake. Am J Epidemiol 1983; 118: 752-8.The relative validity of a method for determining dietary Intake four years previously was assessed. In May 1981, 79 people (46 women and 33 men, aged 29-69 years) were interviewed by use of the dietary history method concerning dietary intake in 1977. These results were compared with those obtained in this same group by means of a seven-day record in February 1977. For daily intake of energy and selected nutrients, the differences in mean intake were generally below 10%, while for six examined food groups, larger differences in the median estimates were noted. The results provide evidence that retrospectively collected dietary data have some meaningfulness, although questions remain concerning whether the retrospective dietary history method is sufficiently valid for use in a particular epidemiologic study.
KW - Diet
KW - Epidemiologic methods
KW - Interviews
KW - Retrospective studies
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113686
DO - https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113686
M3 - Article
C2 - 6638002
SN - 0002-9262
VL - 118
SP - 752
EP - 758
JO - American journal of epidemiology
JF - American journal of epidemiology
IS - 5
ER -