Development and Validation of a Brief Food Noise Questionnaire

Pennington Biomedical Research Center400 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of the research is to develop and test the reliability and validity of a brief questionnaire to measure food noise.

Currently and to our knowledge, there are no validated questionnaires to assess food noise. The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a brief food noise questionnaire. A total of 400 participants will be asked to complete the new food noise questionnaire. A subsample will also be asked to complete the questionnaire a second time to evaluate test-retest reliability. A separate subsample will also complete additional questionnaires to test convergent and discriminant validity.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

400

Conditions

Eating Behavior

Interventions

Responses to survey questionsOTHER

All 400 participants will first complete a demographic information survey and the new food noise questionnaire. Of these 400 participants, 250 participants will then complete additional questionnaires to assess construct validity. The remaining 150 participants will be asked to complete the food noise questionnaire again in approximately 1 week to assess test-retest reliability.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Inclusion Criteria: * This study is open to adults (aged 18 years and above) who reside in the United States. Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals who do not provide informed consent will not progress to the survey questions * Individuals who are currently participating in a weight loss program * Individuals who have a BMI lower than 18.5 kg/m2

Locations (1)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Scores on the Food Noise Questionnaire

Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ) measures persistent, intrusive thoughts about food that are disruptive to daily life and make healthy behaviors difficult. The FNQ consists of five items rated on a 5-point Likert scale: strongly disagree (scored as 0); disagree (scored as 1); neither agree nor disagree (scored as 2); agree (scored as 3); and strongly agree (scored as 4). A single total score for the questionnaire is calculated by summing responses for the five items. The total FNQ score ranges from 0 to 20, with higher total scores indicating greater levels of food noise.

Time frame: The Food Noise Questionnaire (FNQ) was completed once as part of a larger online survey. The entire online survey was completed in approximately 30 to 45 minutes, and the FNQ items were completed in approximately 5 to 10 minutes.

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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