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ArticleNutrition journal2023

Online Arabic Beverage Frequency Questionnaire (ABFQ): evaluation of validity and reliability.

Tahrir M Aldhirgham, Lulu A Almutairi, Atheer S Alraqea, Amani S Alqahtani

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Article in Nutrition journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Tahrir M AldhirghamExecutive Department of Research and Studies, Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), Northern Ring Branch Rd, Hitteen Dist, Riyadh, 7148-13513, Saudi Arabia. tmdhirgham@sfda.gov.sa.ORCID 0000-0001-6524-8443
Lulu A AlmutairiExecutive Department of Research and Studies, Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), Northern Ring Branch Rd, Hitteen Dist, Riyadh, 7148-13513, Saudi Arabia.
Atheer S AlraqeaExecutive Department of Research and Studies, Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), Northern Ring Branch Rd, Hitteen Dist, Riyadh, 7148-13513, Saudi Arabia.
Amani S AlqahtaniExecutive Department of Research and Studies, Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA), Northern Ring Branch Rd, Hitteen Dist, Riyadh, 7148-13513, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority · SA

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Abstract

backgroundObesity and chronic diseases are significant public health issues in the Middle East and North Africa region. A robust body of evidence demonstrated the association between beverage consumption, obesity, and chronic diseases. Therefore, the assessment of beverage consumption is gaining more interest in health policy development, food industry partnerships, research expansion and community involvement. Although beverage-consumption assessment tools have been developed for various populations, none were developed for the Arabic population. In this study, we developed and validated an online Arabic Beverage Frequency Questionnaire (ABFQ) to assess the total beverage intake among Arabic speaking population.

methodsA cross-sectional validation study was conducted among healthy adults aged between 18 and 55 years. Participants (n = 49) completed a 24-item ABFQ on two occasions and provided one 24-h urine sample. For validity, total beverage consumption (ABFQ1) was assessed against a 24-h urine sample using an osmolality test and correlation analysis. Reliability was assessed by comparing the participants' consumption in total and for every 24 individual items from ABFQ1 with the total and individual items in ABFQ2 using correlation and paired sample t-test.

resultsThe average daily consumption of beverages was 1504 ml/day, while the average urine osmolality/kg was 614. The validity assessment between ABFQ and urine osmolality indicates a negative correlation. However, the correlation was week and not statistically significant (r

conclusionsThe finding of this study suggest that the ABFQ is a reliable reproducible tool for assessing beverage consumption among Arabic-speaking consumers. However, the survey could not be validated using 24-h urine osmolality only and other methods such as multi dietary records may use in future re-assessment.

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BeveragesObesityAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesDiet SurveysHumansMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultArabicBeverageFluidMENA-regionOnline questionnaireReliabilityValidity

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