Download or read book Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Kuwait Child Food Knowledge Questionnaire KCFKQ written by Ibrahim Nadeen and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BackgroundAn unprecedented rise in overweight and obesity cases around the world has prompted the WHO (1) to set a number of different strategic incentives to reduce the burden of disease. One such strategy is the launch of nutrition-related education and public awareness programs aiming to increase knowledge of healthy eating habits among children who are at-risk for obesity and obesity-related complications in later life (1). However, while the association between childrenu2019s nutrition knowledge and dietary behavior has been previously assessed, there is an evident lack in consistent results due to a shortage of properly-validated child nutrition knowledge assessment tools (2-3). This is especially true in the State of Kuwait, a country facing an alarming growth in both child-and-adult-onset obesity rates (4). Childhood obesity prevalence figures in Kuwait are as high as 19.9% in children between 5 to 13 years of age (5), and have now exceeded 30% in adolescents (6). Despite this, there are currently no valid and reliable instruments available to assess the food knowledge of children living in the country (7). AimsThe goal of this study was to assess the validity and reliability of the Kuwait Child Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire (KCNKQ), a novel 5-item survey designed to evaluate nutrition knowledge in school-aged children and adolescents throughout the State of Kuwait. We aimed to use the KCNKQ as a standardized means by which to test food knowledge among children and youth living in Kuwait, and in so-doing raising awareness for healthy eating and preventing obesity-related disease onset in this population.MethodologyA total of 705 school-aged students between the ages of 8 and 12 were recruited from 11 schools (n = 3 u201cIntervention Schoolsu201d, n = 4 u201cControl Schoolsu201d, and n = 4 u201cReliability Schoolsu201d) across the 6 governorates of Kuwait. All participating students were asked to complete the KCNKQ at T0 and T1, with only students assigned to an Intervention School receiving a nutrition presentation prior to second administration. Schools allocated for reliability analysis received the second administration 2 weeks post T0, while all other schools completed the questionnaire 1-week after the first administration. Paired sample t-tests were used to assess content validity by analyzing the difference in rates between baseline (T0) scores and scores after questionnaire re-distribution (T1). Test-retest reliability was measured using Pearsonu2019s correlation coefficients for knowledge score comparison at T0 and T1. ResultsThe KCNKQ demonstrated appropriate content validity, with students in intervention schools showing a significant increase in food nutrition knowledge between T0 and T1 (3.65 u00b1 1.03 to 4.20 u00b1 1.02; p

Download or read book Assessing the Validity and Reliability of the Kuwait Adult Food Knowledge Questionnaire KAFKQ written by AlKaed Dima and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BackgroundOne of the strategic elements set by the WHO to tackle the burden of the high rates of overweight and obesity is nutrition education and public awareness (WHO, 2004). Provision of knowledge has been set as one of the means by which to improve dietary intake, and different nutrition knowledge assessment questionnaires have been developed and validated for use in different populations (Deniz and Alsaffar, 2013; Jones et al., 2015; Parmenter and Wardle, 1999). However, despite the high prevalence of overweight and obesity in Kuwait, there is currently no valid and reliable tool available to assess food knowledge in adults living in Kuwait.AimThe aim of this study is to assess the validity and reliability of the Kuwait Adult Food Knowledge Questionnaire (KAFKQ). The objective is to create and distribute a standardized food knowledge questionnaire in order to assess its validity and reliability in assessing nutrition knowledge in adults across Kuwait. Material and MethodsA total of 262 university adult students aged 21 years old and above were recruited in Kuwait. The participants were assigned to one of two arms of the study. Group u201cAu201d included students with nutrition and health background (including med, dentistry and pharmacy students), whereas group u201cBu201d included students with no nutrition or health education background (including business, engineering, and computer science students). This was done under the assumption that one group has higher nutrition knowledge compared to the other, while other demographic variables are almost consistent. Participants were asked to complete the KAFKQ at two points of time (T0 and T1), at two weeks interval. A two-tailed t-test was used to assess the difference in score between students with nutrition background or training and students with no previous nutrition knowledge, whereas Pearsonu2019s correlation coefficient was used to measure the test-retest reliability of the questionnaire taken by the same student at two points of time (T0 and T1). Cronbachu2019s alpha was used to assess internal consistency, and all tests were assessed at p