Author/Authors :
najafipour, mostafa Young Researchers and Elite Club - Ardabil Branch - Islamic Azad University, Ardabil, Iran , bani mohammad, majid Faculty of Medicine - Azad Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran , najafipour, farzad Endocrine Research center - Tabriz University of Medical sciences, Tabriz, Iran , mehdizadeh, amir Endocrine Research center - Tabriz University of Medical sciences, Tabriz, Iran
Abstract :
Development of instruments to measure habitual dietary intake in large epidemiological studies has been investigated extensively. The purpose of this study was to develop a computer-assisted personal interview system (CAPI) system for conducting dietary assessment. A 168-item food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), originally developed for the Tehran Lipid and Glucose Study, is used widely in food and nutrition studies in Iran. In addition to measurement errors at data recording and entry levels, the printed form is time-consuming and costly, both financially and environmentally. This technical report introduces a computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) program to collect food and nutrition data using the Iranian 168-item FFQ. The U.S. Census Bureau’s CSPro software was used to construct the CAPI application. The application runs on Android devices and computers with Microsoft Windows operating systems. The language of the CAPI is Farsi. This easy-to-use CAPI tool attempts to reduce time, cost, and human error in nationwide and local nutrition research.
Keywords :
Type 2 diabetes , fasting blood glucose , postprandial blood glucose , artificial sweeteners
