Nutrition Postgraduate Program, Federal University of São Paulo, Rua Marselhesa 630, Vila Clementino, 04020 060 São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Appetite. 2013 Mar;62:166-72. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.11.024. Epub 2012 Dec 4.
The present study aimed to translate the Parent Mealtime Action Scale (PMAS) into Portuguese and to evaluate the factorial structure and the psychometric characteristics of this version. Further, we investigated the associations between parent mealtime actions and the intake of fruits, vegetables and energy-dense foods in 6-10years-old children from São Paulo city, Brazil, controlling for potential confounding variables. A total of 582 parents (86% mothers) answered questions regarding their mealtime actions, their children's food intake, the characteristics of the family meals and their socioeconomic conditions. Factorial analyses grouped all of the 31 questions in the same factors as the original scale, except one item that was transferred to another dimension. Internal reliability and reproducibility analyses obtained satisfactory results. Children who ate fruits and vegetables more frequently had parents who often ate these foods and made them available; these parents also seldom offered their children special meals. Children who more often consumed energy-dense foods had parents who frequently ate this type of food and rarely set limits on its intake. The Portuguese version of the PMAS may be a good tool for evaluating the influence of parent mealtime actions on Brazilian children's food intake.
本研究旨在将《父母就餐行为量表》（PMAS）译为葡萄牙语，并评估该版本的因子结构和心理测量特性。此外，我们还研究了巴西圣保罗市 6-10 岁儿童的父母就餐行为与水果、蔬菜和高能量食物摄入之间的关系，同时控制了潜在的混杂变量。共有 582 名家长（86%为母亲）回答了有关其就餐行为、孩子食物摄入、家庭餐特点和社会经济状况的问题。因子分析将 31 个问题中的所有问题都归入与原始量表相同的因子中，除了一个项目被转移到另一个维度。内部可靠性和再现性分析结果令人满意。经常食用水果和蔬菜的儿童的父母经常食用这些食物并提供这些食物；这些父母也很少为孩子提供特殊餐食。经常食用高能量食物的儿童的父母经常食用这种食物，很少限制其摄入量。PMAS 的葡萄牙语版本可能是评估父母就餐行为对巴西儿童食物摄入影响的一个很好的工具。
