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[VARIABLES USED IN QUESTIONNAIRES ABOUT ERGONUTRITIONALS SUPPLEMENTS INTAKE]
Máximo Villanova Colmenero1, José Miguel Martínez-Sanz2, Aurora Norte Navarro3
1Departamento de Enfermería, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de Alicante.. josemiguel.ms@ua.es.
Nutricion Hospitalaria
|August 14, 2015
Summary
This study reviewed questionnaires assessing nutritional supplement use in athletes. It found significant variation in indicators, highlighting the need for standardized methods and referencing the Australian Institute of Sport classification.
Area of Science:
- Sports Nutrition
- Dietary Assessment
- Supplementation Research
Background:
- Increasing global trend in nutritional supplement intake.
- Existing questionnaires for supplement use have methodological limitations.
- Need to understand these limitations in athlete populations.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe indicators used in questionnaires for estimating athlete nutritional supplement intake.
- To facilitate understanding of methodological limitations.
- To inform the development of more robust assessment tools.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of variables in athlete supplementation questionnaires.
- Structured search in PubMed and snowball strategy.
- Descriptive analysis of 21 eligible studies.
Main Results:
- Identified key indicators: sociodemographics, sport/training factors, athlete profiles, usage motives, information sources, and supplement lists/frequency.
- 21 studies met inclusion criteria from 122 identified.
- Heterogeneity in indicators across studies was observed.
Conclusions:
- Significant heterogeneity exists in questionnaire indicators for estimating athlete supplement intake.
- Standardization of questionnaire development methodology is necessary.
- Proposes the Australian Institute of Sport classification as a reference framework.
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