RT Journal Article
T1 Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in College Students: Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the KIDMED Questionnaire.
A1 Atencio-Osorio, Miguel Alejandro
A1 Carrillo-Arango, Hugo Alejandro
A1 Correa-Rodriguez, Maria
A1 Ochoa-Muñoz, Andres Felipe
A1 Ramirez-Velez, Robinson
K1 Mediterranean diet
K1 latin-american
K1 reliability
K1 validity
AB No prior studies have examined the reliability properties of the 16-item Mediterranean Diet Quality Index (KIDMED) questionnaire among young adults from a non-Mediterranean country. The objective of this study was to determine the psychometric properties in terms of the reliability and validity of the KIDMED questionnaire in young adults from Colombia. A cross-sectional validation study was conducted among 604 Colombian college students (47.51% men and 52.48% women; mean age of 21.60 ± 2.02 years). Kappa statistics were used to assess the reliability of the KIDMED questionnaire. A categorical principal components analysis was used to determine validity. Based on the KIDMED score, 58.4% of students had a good adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet). Good agreement in the general score of the questionnaire was observed (κ = 0.727, 95% confidence interval = 0.676 to 0.778, p < 0.001). A five-factor model was identified which explained almost 51.38% of the variability, showing the multidimensionality of the questionnaire. In conclusion, this study provides reasonable evidence for the reliability and validity of the KIDMED questionnaire for assessing adherence to MedDiet in college students within a Latin American country. The evaluation of the psychometric properties of this tool in early adulthood and in a non-Mediterranean country will be useful in clinical practice and epidemiological research, since practitioners and health researchers now have a valid and reliable short scale.
PB MDPI AG
YR 2020
FD 2020-12-20
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/16942
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/16942
LA en
NO Atencio-Osorio MA, Carrillo-Arango HA, Correa-Rodríguez M, Ochoa-Muñoz AF, Ramírez-Vélez R., et al. Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in College Students: Evaluation of Psychometric Properties of the KIDMED Questionnaire. Nutrients. 2020 Dec 20;12(12):3897.
DS RISalud
RD Apr 16, 2025