Statistical methods used for the evaluation of reliability and validity of nutrition assessment tools used in medical research

Current Pharmaceutical Design

Volumn 16, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 3770-3775

  Bountziouka, Vassiliki ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes B ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Clinical trials; Dietary assessment; Reliability; Repeatability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; BLAND AND ALTMAN METHOD; COHEN KAPPA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDITY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIET RECORDS; HUMANS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79551636105     PISSN: 13816128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138161210794455102     Document Type: Review

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