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SynthesisPublic health nutrition2014

Evaluation of tools used to measure calcium and/or dairy consumption in children and adolescents.

Anthea Magarey, Alison Yaxley, Kylie Markow, Lauren Baulderstone, Michelle Miller

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Public health nutrition, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anthea MagareyNutrition and Dietetics,Flinders University,GPO Box 2100,Adelaide,SA 5001,Australia.
Alison YaxleyNutrition and Dietetics,Flinders University,GPO Box 2100,Adelaide,SA 5001,Australia.
Kylie MarkowNutrition and Dietetics,Flinders University,GPO Box 2100,Adelaide,SA 5001,Australia.
Lauren BaulderstoneNutrition and Dietetics,Flinders University,GPO Box 2100,Adelaide,SA 5001,Australia.
Michelle MillerNutrition and Dietetics,Flinders University,GPO Box 2100,Adelaide,SA 5001,Australia.
Flinders University · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo identify and critique tools that assess Ca and/or dairy intake in children to ascertain the most accurate and reliable tools available.

designA systematic review of the literature was conducted using defined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Articles were included on the basis that they reported on a tool measuring Ca and/or dairy intake in children in Western countries and reported on originally developed tools or tested the validity or reliability of existing tools. Defined criteria for reporting reliability and validity properties were applied.

settingStudies in Western countries. SUBJECTS: Children.

resultsEighteen papers reporting on two tools that assessed dairy intake, ten that assessed Ca intake and five that assessed both dairy and Ca were identified. An examination of tool testing revealed high reliance on lower-order tests such as correlation and failure to differentiate between statistical and clinically meaningful significance. Only half of the tools were tested for reliability and results indicated that only one Ca tool and one dairy tool were reliable. Validation studies showed acceptable levels of agreement (<100 mg difference) and/or sensitivity (62-83 %) and specificity (55-77 %) in three Ca tools. With reference to the testing methodology and results, no tools were considered both valid and reliable for the assessment of dairy intake and only one tool proved valid and reliable for the assessment of Ca intake.

conclusionsThese results clearly indicate the need for development and rigorous testing of tools to assess Ca and/or dairy intake in children and adolescents.

Indexed as

Dairy ProductsNutrition AssessmentAdolescentCalciumCalcium, DietaryChildHumansReproducibility of ResultsValidation Studies as TopicCalciumCalcium, Dietary

Identifiers

PMID24983428
PMCPMC10282287
OpenAlexW2019944428

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