Diagnostic Accuracy of Two Food Insecurity Screeners Recommended for Use in Health Care Settings.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To test the diagnostic accuracy of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended food insecurity screener.

Methods

We conducted prospective diagnostic accuracy studies between July and November 2016 in Chicago, Illinois. We recruited convenience samples of adults from adult and pediatric emergency departments (12-month recall study: n = 188; 30-day recall study: n = 154). A self-administered survey included the 6-item Household Food Security Screen (gold standard), the validated 2-item Hunger Vital Sign (HVS; often, sometimes, never response categories), and the 2-item AAP tool (yes-or-no response categories).

Results

Food insecurity was prevalent (12-month recall group: 46%; 30-day group: 39%). Sensitivity of the AAP tool using 12-month and 30-day r

SUBMITTER: Makelarski JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5636681 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature