PMID- 24001201
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140407
LR  - 20140210
IS  - 1475-2662 (Electronic)
IS  - 0007-1145 (Linking)
VI  - 111
IP  - 3
DP  - 2014 Feb
TI  - Quality assurance of the international computerised 24 h dietary recall method 
      (EPIC-Soft).
PG  - 506-15
LID - 10.1017/S0007114513002766 [doi]
AB  - The interview-administered 24 h dietary recall (24-HDR) EPIC-Soft(R) has a series 
      of controls to guarantee the quality of dietary data across countries. These 
      comprise all steps that are part of fieldwork preparation, data collection and 
      data management; however, a complete characterisation of these quality controls 
      is still lacking. The present paper describes in detail the quality controls 
      applied in EPIC-Soft, which are, to a large extent, built on the basis of the 
      EPIC-Soft error model and are present in three phases: (1) before, (2) during and 
      (3) after the 24-HDR interviews. Quality controls for consistency and 
      harmonisation are implemented before the interviews while preparing the seventy 
      databases constituting an EPIC-Soft version (e.g. pre-defined and coded foods and 
      recipes). During the interviews, EPIC-Soft uses a cognitive approach by helping 
      the respondent to recall the dietary intake information in a stepwise manner and 
      includes controls for consistency (e.g. probing questions) as well as for 
      completeness of the collected data (e.g. system calculation for some unknown 
      amounts). After the interviews, a series of controls can be applied by dietitians 
      and data managers to further guarantee data quality. For example, the 
      interview-specific 'note files' that were created to track any problems or 
      missing information during the interviews can be checked to clarify the 
      information initially provided. Overall, the quality controls employed in the 
      EPIC-Soft methodology are not always perceivable, but prove to be of assistance 
      for its overall standardisation and possibly for the accuracy of the collected 
      data.
FAU - Crispim, Sandra P
AU  - Crispim SP
AD  - Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 
      International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150, Cours Albert Thomas, 
      69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France.
FAU - Nicolas, Genevieve
AU  - Nicolas G
AD  - Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 
      International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150, Cours Albert Thomas, 
      69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France.
FAU - Casagrande, Corinne
AU  - Casagrande C
AD  - Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 
      International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150, Cours Albert Thomas, 
      69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France.
FAU - Knaze, Viktoria
AU  - Knaze V
AD  - Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 
      International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150, Cours Albert Thomas, 
      69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France.
FAU - Illner, Anne-Kathrin
AU  - Illner AK
AD  - Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 
      International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150, Cours Albert Thomas, 
      69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France.
FAU - Huybrechts, Inge
AU  - Huybrechts I
AD  - Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 
      International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150, Cours Albert Thomas, 
      69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France.
FAU - Slimani, Nadia
AU  - Slimani N
AD  - Dietary Exposure Assessment Group, Section of Nutrition and Metabolism, 
      International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), 150, Cours Albert Thomas, 
      69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20130904
PL  - England
TA  - Br J Nutr
JT  - The British journal of nutrition
JID - 0372547
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Child
MH  - Databases, Factual
MH  - *Diet/adverse effects
MH  - Europe
MH  - Humans
MH  - Memory
MH  - *Nutrition Assessment
MH  - Quality Control
MH  - Software
MH  - Validation Studies as Topic
EDAT- 2013/09/05 06:00
MHDA- 2014/04/08 06:00
CRDT- 2013/09/05 06:00
PHST- 2013/09/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/09/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/04/08 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0007114513002766 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S0007114513002766 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Br J Nutr. 2014 Feb;111(3):506-15. doi: 10.1017/S0007114513002766. Epub 2013 Sep 
      4.