Comparison of a Medication Inventory and a Dietary Supplement Interview in Assessing Dietary Supplement Use in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
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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.
Castaneda, Sheila F.
Daviglus, Martha L.
Barnhart, Janice
Giacinto, Rebeca E.
Van Horn, Linda
UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Family Medicine and Community HealthCenter for Integrated Primary Care
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Journal ArticlePublication Date
2016-02-16Keywords
Hispanics/Latinosdietary supplements
epidemiology
measurement methodology
Alternative and Complementary Medicine
Clinical Epidemiology
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition
Epidemiology
Integrative Medicine
Race and Ethnicity
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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.Source
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.S25587Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/26813PubMed ID
26917949Notes
At the time of publication, Paula Gardiner was not yet affiliated with the University of Massachusetts Medical School.
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