Nutritional Status Measurement Instruments for Diabetes: A Systematic Psychometric Review

Pedro Montagut-Martínez, David Pérez-Cruzado and José Joaquín García-Arenas
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Pedro Montagut-Martínez: Health Sciences PhD Program, Campus de los Jerónimos, Universidad Católica de Murcia UCAM, 30107 Murcia, Spain
David Pérez-Cruzado: Department of Occupational Therapy, Campus de los Jerónimos, Universidad Catolica de Murcia UCAM, 30107 Murcia, Spain
José Joaquín García-Arenas: Department of Occupational Therapy, Campus de los Jerónimos, Universidad Catolica de Murcia UCAM, 30107 Murcia, Spain

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 16, 1-16

Abstract: Background: Diabetes is a serious chronic disease associated with a large number of complications and an increased risk of premature death. A dietary evaluation is of utmost importance for health promotion, disease prevention and individual treatment plans in patients with diabetes. Methods: An exhaustive search was carried out in various databases—Medline, Web of Science, Open Gray Cochrane Library and Consensus-based Standards for the selection of health status Measurement Instruments (COSMIN)—for systematic review of the measurement properties of instruments that evaluate the dietary intake of people with diabetes mellitus type 1 and/or 2 according to COSMIN standards. Results: Seven instruments were identified. There was no instrument measuring nutritional status for which all the psychometric properties were evaluated. The methodological quality for each of the psychometric properties evaluated was ‘inadequate’ or ‘doubtful’ for all instruments. The Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ) evaluated the most psychometric characteristics and with a better score in terms of quality of the evidence. Conclusions: Several instruments have been developed for the evaluation of dietary intake in people with diabetes. Evaluation of this construct is very useful, both in clinical practice and in research, requiring new knowledge in this area. The FFQ is the best instrument available to assess dietary intake in people with diabetes.

Keywords: nutritional status; diabetes mellitus; questionnaire (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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