Observational studyBMC public health2017
Challenges and opportunities in establishing a collaborative multisite observational study of chronic diseases and lifestyle factors among adults in Puerto Rico.
Observational study in BMC public health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
16 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social determinants of participation in genetic research among Puerto Ricans and in the Puerto Rican diaspora.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2024Article
- Self-reported engagement in healthy eating behaviors is associated with favorable dietary intake among adults in Puerto Rico.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Epidemiological intelligence community network intervention: a community response for COVID-19 community transmission.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Consumption of Foods Away from Home Is Associated with Lower Diet Quality Among Adults Living in Puerto Rico.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Article
- Association between adverse experiences during Hurricane María and mental and emotional distress among adults in Puerto Rico.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2022Observational
- Positive attitudes toward legumes are associated with legume intake among adults in Puerto Rico.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2022Article
- Chronic Diseases and Associated Risk Factors Among Adults in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Associations between diet quality scores and central obesity among adults in Puerto Rico.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2021Article
- The association between purchasing locally produced food and diet quality among adults in Puerto Rico.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Design and Implementation of the Puerto Rico Observational Study of Psychosocial, Environmental, and Chronic Disease Trends (PROSPECT).American journal of epidemiology · 2021Observational
- Associations Between Perceived Stress and Dietary Intake in Adults in Puerto Rico.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2021Article
- Association of a Single-Item Self-Rated Diet Construct With Diet Quality Measured With the Alternate Healthy Eating Index.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Higher eating frequency, but not skipping breakfast, is associated with higher odds of abdominal obesity in adults living in Puerto Rico.Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.) · 2020Article
- Dietary Intake and Its Determinants Among Adults Living in the Metropolitan Area of Puerto Rico.Nutrients · 2019Article
- Sociodemographic and Lifestyle Factors, and Health Conditions of Dominican Adults Living in Puerto Rico.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2018Article
- Health conditions and lifestyle risk factors of adults living in Puerto Rico: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2018Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
10 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundPrevalence of chronic diseases and unhealthy lifestyle behaviors among the adult population of Puerto Rico (PR) is high; however, few epidemiological studies have been conducted to address these. We aimed to document the methods and operation of establishing a multisite cross-sectional study of chronic diseases and risk factors in PR, in partnership with academic, community, clinical, and research institutions.
methodsThe Puerto Rico Assessment of Diet, Lifestyle and Diseases (PRADLAD) documented lifestyle and health characteristics of adults living in PR, with the goal of informing future epidemiological and intervention projects, as well as public health, policy, and clinical efforts to help improve the population's health. The study was conducted in three primary care clinics in the San Juan, PR metropolitan area. Eligible volunteers were 30-75y, living in PR for at least 10 months of the previous year, and able to answer interviewer-administered questionnaires without assistance. Questions were recorded electronically by trained interviewers, and included socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle behaviors, self-reported medically-diagnosed diseases, and psychosocial factors. Waist and hip circumferences were measured following standardized protocols. A subset of participants answered a validated food frequency questionnaire, a legumes questionnaire, and had medical record data abstracted. Process and outcome evaluation indicators were assessed.
resultsThe study screened 403 participants in 5 months. Of these, 396 (98%) were eligible and 380 (94%) had reliable and complete information. A subset of 242 participants had valid dietary data, and 236 had medical record data. The mean time to complete an interview was 1.5 h. Participants were generally cooperative and research collaborators were fully engaged. Having multiple sites helped enhance recruitment and sociodemographic representation. Diagnosed conditions were prevalent across sites. Challenges in data monitoring, interviewer training, and scheduling were identified and corrected, and should be addressed in future studies.
conclusionsEpidemiological studies in PR can be successfully implemented in partnership with multiple institutions. Effective recruitment and implementation requires concerted planning and continued involvement from partners, frequent quality control, brief interviews, reasonable incentives, and thorough training/re-training of culturally-sensitive interviewers. Further studies are feasible and needed to help address highly prevalent chronic conditions in PR.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.