Adaptation and Validation of a Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument

University of Kansas

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dietary Habits

Treatments: Other: Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument (NLAI)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02920099

13805

R03HD081730 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to develop a tool to help researchers better understand what diet information people know and what skills they use to make diet choices.

Enrollment: 450 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Able to speak and read English
• Have 1 or more of the following diseases: diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and/or overweight/obesity

Exclusion criteria

• Visual acuity insufficient to read the testing instrument
• Cognitive impairment
• Weight > 500 pounds

Trial design

450 participants in 1 patient group

Nutrition Literacy

Description:

Participants will be asked to completed the Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument (NLAI).

Treatment:

Other: Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument (NLAI)