Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA.
College of Health and Human Services, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA.
Nutrients. 2021 Jun 29;13(7):2242. doi: 10.3390/nu13072242.
The purposes of this study were to evaluate the psychometric properties of English and Spanish instruments that measure the nutrition behavior and practices of children and their parents. Orem's self-care deficit nursing theory was used in this methodological study. A convenience sample of 333 children and 262 mothers participated from two schools in Washington, D.C. and two schools in Santiago, Chile. Principal component analysis indicated three component per instrument corresponding to Orem's Theory of operations demonstrating construct validity of the instrument. The study findings showed evidence for validity and reliability of the English and Spanish versions and indicated that the instruments appropriately represented Orem's operations. The results have implications for the development of health behavior measurement instruments that are valid, reliable, designed for children, culturally appropriate, and efficient. Measuring the nutrition behavior of children and parents is critical for determining the effectiveness of nutrition intervention programs. Furthermore, instruments are needed so that researchers can compare corresponding child and parent behaviors or compare behaviors across cultures.
本研究旨在评估测量儿童及其父母营养行为和实践的英文和西班牙文工具的心理测量学特性。本方法研究采用了奥瑞姆的自理缺陷护理理论。从华盛顿特区的两所学校和智利圣地亚哥的两所学校中抽取了 333 名儿童和 262 名母亲的便利样本。主成分分析表明，每个工具都对应于奥瑞姆理论的三个操作，表现出工具的结构有效性。研究结果表明，英文和西班牙文版本具有有效性和可靠性，并表明这些工具适当地代表了奥瑞姆的操作。研究结果对开发有效的、可靠的、针对儿童的、文化适宜的和高效的健康行为测量工具具有重要意义。测量儿童和父母的营养行为对于确定营养干预计划的效果至关重要。此外，还需要工具，以便研究人员可以比较相应的儿童和父母行为，或比较跨文化的行为。
