Properties of the Household Food Security Survey Module Scale in Young Adults with Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) was not tailored to people with chronic diseases or young adults (YAs).

Objectives

We aim to evaluate whether the 18-item HFSSM meets assumptions underlying the scale among YAs with diabetes.

Methods

Data from 1887 YAs with youth-onset type 1 diabetes or type 2 diabetes were used from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study, 2016-2019, and on 925 who returned for the SEARCH Food Security Cohort Study, 2018-2021, all of whom had completed the HFSSM. Guttman scaling properties (affirmation of preceding less severe items) and Rasch model properties (probability to answer an item based on difficulty level) were assessed.

Results

Items 3 (balanced meals) and 6 (eating less than one should) were affirmed mor

SUBMITTER: Liese AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10942855 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature