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Comparison of a Medication Inventory and a Dietary Supplement Interview in Assessing Dietary Supplement Use in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos

Faurot, Keturah R.
Siega-Riz, Anna Maria
Gardiner, Paula
Rivera, Jose O.
Young, Laura A.
Poole, Charles
Whitsel, Eric A.
Gonzalez, Hector M.
Chirinos-Medina, Diana A.
Talavera, Gregory A.
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Although dietary supplement use is common, its assessment is challenging, especially among ethnic minority populations such as Hispanics/Latinos. Using the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) (n = 16,415), this report compares two strategies for capturing dietary supplement use over a 30-day period: a medication-based inventory and a nutrition-based dietary supplement interview. Age-standardized prevalence was calculated across multiple dietary supplement definitions, adjusted with survey/nonresponse weights. The prevalence of dietary supplement use was substantially higher as measured in the dietary supplement interview, compared to the medication inventory: for total dietary supplements (39% vs 26%, respectively), for nonvitamin, nonmineral supplements (24% vs 12%), and for botanicals (9.2% vs 4.5%). Concordance between the two assessments was fair to moderate (Cohen's kappa: 0.31-0.52). Among women, inclusion of botanical teas increased the prevalence of botanical supplement use from 7% to 15%. Supplement assessment that includes queries about botanical teas yields more information about patient supplement use.

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Integr Med Insights. 2016 Feb 16;11:1-10. doi: 10.4137/IMI.S25587. eCollection 2016. Link to article on publisher's site

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10.4137/IMI.S25587
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At the time of publication, Paula Gardiner was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.

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