Resumen de Questionnaire design to facilitate water and beverage intake data collection in research studies
Beatriz Maroto Sánchez, Raquel Luzardo Socorro, Raquel Aparicio Ugarriza, Olga López Torres, Josep Antoni Tur Marí, Marcela González Gross
Introduction: The difficulty to quantify water and beverage intakes well established in the literature, and consequently, under and over-reporting exists in nutrition surveys.
Objective: To design a specific questionnaire in order to obtain reliable data on water and beverage intake and drinking patterns in adults.
Method: A hydration questionnaire was created by the Research Group based on food-frequency and eating habits questionnaires published in the literature, taking into account the modern beverage market.
Results: The questionnaire consists of three different parts. The first part includes questions about the different type of fluids consumed one day before the questionnaire is carried out. The second part records the fluid intake during a normal week of each beverage type. The beverages included are: water, juices, soft drinks, diet drinks, milk, milk drinks, coffee, tea or infusions, sport drinks, beer, wine and distilled drinks. The third part includes 20 questions about current drinking habits and changes occurred in the last 30 years, especially in regard to drinking habits before, during and after doing sport.
Conclusions: A specific questionnaire has been developed both paper-based and online to facilitate data collection on water and beverage intake to improve scientific accurateness.
Supported by European Hydration Institute (E131115081), Carlos III Health Institute (PI11/01791 & CB12/03/30038). ImFINE and NUCOX are members of the EXERNET research network.
