Furber, Matthew and Roberts, Justin D. and Roberts, Michael G. (2017) A valid and reliable nutrition knowledge questionnaire for track and field athletes. BMC Nutrition, 3. p. 36. ISSN 2055-0928
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Abstract
Background: Establishing an understanding of an athlete’s nutrition knowledge can inform the coach/practitioner and support the development of the athlete. Thus the purpose of the study was to develop a psychometrically valid and reliable tool to assess general and sport nutrition knowledge. Methods: An 85 question questionnaire was developed in consultation with a panel of experts. Ninety-eight participants from the UK completed the questionnaire, and again 3 weeks later. The participants were classified into two groups:those with nutrition (NUT, n= 53) training (sport nutritionists and dietitians who were either practicing or undertaking a postgraduate qualification in the field), and those without (NONUT,n= 48) training (professionals and postgraduate students with no exposure to any form of nutrition training). The questionnaire was then administered to a pilot cohort of UK based track and field athletes (n= 59) who were requested to time how long it took to complete the questionnaire. Results: Psychometric statistical analysis of the results was completed, resulting in the removal of 23 questions for a total of 62 questions in the final questionnaire. The validated questionnaire was then administered to 58 track and field athletes. Internal consistency was assessed using Chronbach’salpha(α>0.7),Pearson’scorrelation(p< 0.05) was used to assess reliability. Construct validity was evaluated using at-test (p< 0.05). A total test retest correlation of 0.95 was achieved (sub-section range: 0.87–0.97). Internal consistency was accepted in each sub-section (α=0.78–0.92) and the nutrition-trained group scored significantly higher on the overall questionnaire (80.4 vs 49.6%). The overall score for the athletic group was 61.0%. Conclusion: The questionnaire satisfied all psychometric measures and provides a new valid and reliable tool to assess general and sport nutrition knowledge of track and field athlete.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Keywords: | Nutrition Knowledge, Athlete, Questionnaire, Validation, Sports Nutrition |
| Faculty: | ARCHIVED Faculty of Science & Technology (until September 2018) |
| Depositing User: | Dr Justin Roberts |
| Date Deposited: | 30 May 2017 08:46 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2021 18:58 |
| URI: | https://arro.anglia.ac.uk/id/eprint/701763 |
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