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Dietary Assessment in Rwanda - Food Frequency Questionnaire

NCT04202107 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2022-11-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in Rwanda is adding to the health burden in the country which is facing the nutritional transition and the double burden of malnutrition. Diet is an established risk factor in NCDs, hence the importance to assess accurately the changes in dietary habits occurring in the population. The objective is to develop and validate a food frequency questionnaire in Rwanda.

Conditions

  • Dietary Assessment

Interventions

OTHER

Food Frequency Questionnaire

Food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) are a common method for measuring dietary intake in large epidemiological studies, in particular in low literacy settings were diaries and food history would not be viable.

OTHER

24 Hour food recall

Standardized and validated approach of collecting all foods, beverages, and supplements consumed during the past 24 hours

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Rwanda

    collaborator OTHER

  • Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Burkina Faso

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • University Ghent

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stefaan De Henauw, Md. PhD · University Ghent

  • Souheila Abbeddou, MSc. PhD · UGent

  • Jerome Some, Md. PhD · Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

  • Hilda Vasanthakaalam, PhD · University of Rwanda

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
49 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-30
Primary Completion
2021-12-31
Completion
2021-12-31

Countries

  • Rwanda

Study Locations

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