TY - JOUR
T1 - Development and Evaluation of the Nutrition Component of the Rapid Eating and Activity Assessment for Patients (REAP)
T2 - A New Tool for Primary Care Providers
AU - Gans, Kim M.
AU - Risica, Patricia M.
AU - Wylie-Rosett, Judith
AU - Ross, Elizabeth M.
AU - Strolla, Leslie O.
AU - McMurray, Jerome
AU - Eaton, Charles B.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported in part by Grant No. NIH-HL-03948 Linking Resources for Brown Medical Nutrition Education.
PY - 2006/9
Y1 - 2006/9
N2 - Objectives: 1. To describe the development of a dietary assessment tool (Rapid Eating and Activity Assessment for Patients [REAP]) that quickly assesses a patient's diet and physical activity and facilitates brief counselling by a primary care provider, and 2. To describe the evaluation of the REAP in terms of its reliability, validity, and ease of use by primary care providers. Design, Setting and Participants: The evaluation of REAP included: 1) an implementation feasibility study conducted with 61 medical students and practicing physicians in practice settings at various medical schools; 2) a calibration study with 44 Brown University Medical School students; 3) cognitive assessment testing with 31 consumers in Rhode Island; and 4) a reliability and calibration study of the revised tool with 94 consumers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Results: The feasibility study revealed moderately high rankings on usefulness, ease, practicality, and helpfulness. The calibration studies demonstrated that REAP has excellent test-retest reliability (r = 0.86, P < .0001), is correlated with the Healthy Eating Index score (r = 0.49, P = .0007), and is significantly associated with intake of most nutrients studied. Conclusions and Implications: REAP has adequate reliability and validity to be used in primary care practices for nutrition assessment and counselling, and is also user-friendly for providers.
AB - Objectives: 1. To describe the development of a dietary assessment tool (Rapid Eating and Activity Assessment for Patients [REAP]) that quickly assesses a patient's diet and physical activity and facilitates brief counselling by a primary care provider, and 2. To describe the evaluation of the REAP in terms of its reliability, validity, and ease of use by primary care providers. Design, Setting and Participants: The evaluation of REAP included: 1) an implementation feasibility study conducted with 61 medical students and practicing physicians in practice settings at various medical schools; 2) a calibration study with 44 Brown University Medical School students; 3) cognitive assessment testing with 31 consumers in Rhode Island; and 4) a reliability and calibration study of the revised tool with 94 consumers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Results: The feasibility study revealed moderately high rankings on usefulness, ease, practicality, and helpfulness. The calibration studies demonstrated that REAP has excellent test-retest reliability (r = 0.86, P < .0001), is correlated with the Healthy Eating Index score (r = 0.49, P = .0007), and is significantly associated with intake of most nutrients studied. Conclusions and Implications: REAP has adequate reliability and validity to be used in primary care practices for nutrition assessment and counselling, and is also user-friendly for providers.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jneb.2005.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.jneb.2005.12.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 16966049
AN - SCOPUS:33748302861
SN - 1499-4046
VL - 38
SP - 286
EP - 292
JO - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
JF - Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
IS - 5
ER -