Short Tools to Assess Young Children's Dietary Intake: A Systematic Review Focusing on Application to Dietary Index Research

Table 4

Short dietary assessment tool reliability studies among preschoolers (2–5 years).

Reference details; tool length; readministration period; sample size
Tests	Lanfer et al. (2011) [24]; 43 items; 0–354 days, average 4 months; 𝑛=258	Ebenegger et al. (2010) [25]; 39 items; within 4-weeks; 𝑛=44	Huybrechts et al. (2009) [27]; 47 items; 5 weeks; 𝑛=124	Huybrechts et al. (2006) [28]; 47 items; 5 weeks; 𝑛=124	Randall Simpson et al. (2008) [29]; 5 items; 2–4 weeks; 𝑛=140
Mean/median differences (foods)	—	—	Mean intakes 12/13 food groups within ±10%, 1/13 >10% (11%). Intakes generally lower first administration.; Median intakes 10/13 within ±10%, 3/13 > 20%	—	—
Paired 𝑡-test	—	—	—	𝑃=0.26; 23.8 ± 161.2 mg; ca/d (95% CI 17.8, 65.5; 774 ± 252 v 751 ± 255)	𝑃<0.001
Pearson’s correlation	—	—	—	𝑟=0.80 for Ca	—
Spearman’s correlation (foods)	𝑟=0.59 (range 0.32–0.76); 𝑃<0.001 (𝑟<0.50 for 8/43 foods, 0.51–0.69 for 26/43, 𝑟>0.70 for 9/43); readministration >4 months (0.28–0.73), <4 months (0.31–0.87)	𝑟=0.62 (𝑟<0.50 for 8/39 (7 𝑃<0.05 and 1 NS), 0.50-0.70 for 22/39 (all 𝑃<0.01), >0.70 for 9/39 (all 𝑃<0.01)	𝑟=0.64 (𝑟=0.5–0.7 for 10/13, >0.7 for 3/13)	—	—
ICC	—	0.59 (>0.50 28/39 foods)	0.59 (>0.50 13/13 foods)	—	—
Kappa statistic	0.48 (0.23–0.68)	—	—	0.60 (95% CI 0.49–0.71)	0.54 (0.39–0.71)
Wilcoxon signed-rank test:	𝑃<0.05 for 5/43 items, NS for 38/43 items	—	NS for 13/13 foods
Cross classification	—	—	—	Grossly misclassified = 0%,; correctly classified = 56.7%,; and adjacent quartile = 36.7%	—

Abbreviations: Ca, calcium, NS, not significant.