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Evaluation of questionnaire as an instrument to measure the level of nutritional and weight gain knowledge in pregnant women in Poland. A pilot study

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  • Ewa Mierzejewska
  • Talita Honorato-Rzeszewicz
  • Dorota Świątkowska
  • Marzena Jurczak-Czaplicka
  • Tomasz Maciejewski
  • Anna Fijałkowska
  • Jagna Szulc-Kamińska
  • Anna Czach
  • Hanna Nałecz
  • Dorota Szostak-Węgierek
  • Katarzyna Szamotulska

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Pregnancy is a period in life in which women are willing to improve their lifestyle. Providing proper information for these women is crucial for their health and the health of their offspring. Clear information about weak points in their nutritional and weight gain knowledge is the first step for proper health care assistance. There are a few previous studies evaluating the nutritional and weight gain knowledge of pregnant women. In the few studies available, different approaches were taken and there was no wider discussion on the content of the questionnaires attempting to measure level of knowledge. The aim of this study, designed in a pilot fashion, was to test the adequacy of the questionnaire as a research instrument in a group of 139 pregnant Polish women. The developed instrument is a 33-item questionnaire comprising four domains: weight gain, importance of nutrients, quality and quantity of food intake. The results of this study indicate that the questionnaire is stable and internal consistency is acceptable (Cronbach’s alpha > 0.7) for dimensions with more than four items. For dimensions with less than four items, internal consistency was poor (Cronbach’s alpha

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  • Ewa Mierzejewska & Talita Honorato-Rzeszewicz & Dorota Świątkowska & Marzena Jurczak-Czaplicka & Tomasz Maciejewski & Anna Fijałkowska & Jagna Szulc-Kamińska & Anna Czach & Hanna Nałecz & Dorota Szost, 2020. "Evaluation of questionnaire as an instrument to measure the level of nutritional and weight gain knowledge in pregnant women in Poland. A pilot study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(1), pages 1-13, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0227682
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0227682
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