Establishment of nutrition literacy core items for Chinese old people
Liao Zhangyi, Zhang Yaqin, Yang Jiao, Sumiya·Aihemaitijiang, Zhang Wei, Zhang Zhaofeng
Published 2020-10-06
Cite as Chin J Prev Med, 2020, 54(10): 1075-1080. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20200327-00451
Abstract
ObjectiveTo establish the nutrition literacy core items for older people in China.
MethodsThe framework system and preliminary items of nutrition literacy were established through literature review and experts consultation. Content validity test was used to determine the nutrition literacy items. Seven experts in the field of human nutrition, health education and nutrition and diseases were invited to score the importance of each nutrition literacy item via Email. The judgment basis and familiarity of expertstowards the items, active coefficient, and content validitywere evaluated and analyzed to generate the final list of nutritionliteracy items.
ResultsA total of 85.7% (6/7) of questionnaires in two rounds were collected.The active coefficient of experts was satisfied and the authority coefficient was 0.96. In the content validity evaluation, the correlation I-CVI value of each item was above 0.90 and theκvalue was above 0.74. The evaluation result was excellent. After the second round of consultation, all selected items met the inclusion criteria. We identified the final list of nutrition literacy items consisting of three scales (knowledge and concepts, lifestyles and dietary behaviors, and basic skills), twelve subscales (reasonable nutrition, healthy weight, environment of dining, food classification, nutrition and disease, eat regularly, balanced diet, exercise health, information getting, household food measurement, reading nutrition label and calculating, and food safety)with 20 items in total.
ConclusionsThe framework system and core items of nutrition literacy are established for Chinese older people based on the content validity evaluation. The experts involved in the consultation process present a performance with good representativeness, enthusiasm and authority, and the content validity evaluation result is satisfied.
Key words:
Health literacy; Nutrition assessment; Aged; Content validity test
Contributor Information
Liao Zhangyi
Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Zhang Yaqin
Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Yang Jiao
Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Sumiya·Aihemaitijiang
Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Zhang Wei
Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
Zhang Zhaofeng
Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, Beijing 100191, China
