VALIDATION OF A QUESTIONNAIRE TO MEASURE OVERALL MEDITERRANEAN LIFESTYLE HABITS FOR RESEARCH APPLICATION: THE MEDITERRANEAN LIFESTYLE INDEX (MEDLIFE).

ABSTRACT:

Background

the Mediterranean Lifestyle index (MEDLIFE) was developed as a questionnaire to capture adherence to an overall Mediterranean healthy lifestyle. The reliability of the MEDLIFE as an independent questionnaire must be evaluated prior its use in research studies.

Objective

to assess the inter-method reliability of the MEDLIFE as a short and independent research tool.

Design

the 28-item MEDLIFE questionnaire and a 142-item validated questionnaire (full-Q) from which we derived the 28-items MEDLIFE (MEDLIFE-derived) were administered simultaneously to 196 adults (mean age 41.4 ± 9.2 y) living in Madrid, Spain. The reliability was assessed by Kappa (k) statistics, intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) and limits of agreement (LOA).

Results

overall cor

SUBMITTER: Sotos-Prieto M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8996298 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature