Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Designing survey questionnaire for assessment of nutrition knowledge of parents

Author(s):

Kanishka Singh, Pankaj Chhabra

Recieved Date: 2023-01-06, Accepted Date: 2023-03-26

Abstract:

To elaborate the development, validity and reliability of the nutritional knowledge questionnaire was designed for parents of preschool aged children of Indian population. The questionnaire developed was a structured interview schedule and consisted of 3 sections namely – section A, B and C for general information, socio-demographic profile and knowledge of parents, respectively. Section A consisted of 5 categories (total 9 items), section B has 7 categories (total 25 items) and section C included 7 domains/categories (total 43 items). The questionnaire was developed by the primary investigator evaluated for content validity by an expert panel and checked for reliability by test re-test method and Karl Pearson’s correlation formula. Pilot study was also conducted to assess the practical and methodological feasibility of the questionnaire as tool for the present study. The content validity for final draft of questionnaire needed various modification before final administration. The post-administration of the questionnaire on subjects/parents in pilot study revealed that the questionnaire is valid. In the reliability check with test re-test method, the questionnaire provided similar results on its repeated administration, and with Karl Pearson’s correlation formula, coefficient correlation was r = 0.84. Thus, the questionnaire was ensured to be reliable for the study purpose.

Keywords:

Designing, survey, questionnaire, nutritional knowledge, parents

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Journal: Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment
Year: 2023
Volume: 21
Issue: 2
Category: Food and Health
Pages: 62-67

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