Factors associated with longitudinal food record compliance in a paediatric cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Non-compliance with food record submission can induce bias in nutritional epidemiological analysis and make it difficult to draw inference from study findings. We examined the impact of demographic, lifestyle and psychosocial factors on such non-compliance during the first 3 years of participation in a multidisciplinary prospective paediatric study.

Design

The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study collects a 3 d food record quarterly during the first year of life and semi-annually thereafter. High compliance with food record completion was defined as the participating families submitting one or more days of food record at every scheduled clinic visit.

Setting

Three centres in the USA (Colorado, Georgia/Florida and Washington) and

SUBMITTER: Yang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4684805 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature