The Provision of Assistance Does Not Substantially Impact the Accuracy of 24-Hour Dietary Recalls Completed Using the Automated Self-Administered 24-H Dietary Assessment Tool among Women with Low Incomes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Evidence is lacking informing the use of the Automated Self-Administered 24-h Dietary Assessment Tool (ASA24) with populations characterized by low income.

Objective

This study was conducted among women with low incomes to evaluate the accuracy of ASA24 recalls completed independently and with assistance.

Methods

Three hundred and two women, aged ≥18 y and with incomes below the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program thresholds, served themselves from a buffet; amounts taken as well as plate waste were unobtrusively weighed to enable calculation of true intake for 3 meals. The following day, women completed ASA24-2016 independently (n = 148) or with assistance from a trained paraprofessional in a small group (n = 154). Regression modeling examined differ

SUBMITTER: Kirkpatrick SI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6904414 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature