Modules Flashcards
questionnaire assessment
Client nutritional goals Personal stumbling blocks Food aversions, preferences, known allergies, etc. Hydration Food triggers Exercise habits Daily activity patterns
physical assessment
Height
Weight
Body composition
Anthropometric measures of girth (arm, neck, chest, waist, hip, thigh, and calf)
Macronutrients
Nutrients required in large quantities, including carbohydrates, proteins, and fats.
Micronutrients
Nutrients required in smaller quantities, including vitamins and minerals.
The SCOFF Questionnaire
Basic yet reliable set of five questions that help assess whether an eating disorder exists.
Hypoglycemia
A condition of an abnormally low blood glucose (blood sugar) level in the blood.
T2DM
Type 2 diabetes
SCOFF Questionnaire is a reliable assessment tool used to detect which of the following conditions?
Eating disorder
According to the SCOFF eating disorder assessment, what is the minimum number of positive answers which might indicate an eating disorder?
2
To ensure the client is retaining any shared information, it is important that the content presented is perceived to be important and what other quality?
Based on prior experience
Any research article on diet and nutrition should be scrutinized for which of the following?
Reliability and validity
science
A method of attempting to arrive at objective truths.
hypothesis
A proposed explanation for a problem or set of observations.
scientific method
The process of formulating explanations about the natural world and testing those explanations with experiments and data.
evidence-based practice
A three-pronged approach to working with clients, which consists of making decisions based on the weight of the scientific evidence, field observations, and individual client needs and preferences.
Steps in scientific method
- Identify problem or set of observations
- hypothesis
- design study to test hypothesis
- Collect, synthesise, and interpret data
- Discard or change hypothesis of data does not support it or continue testing data that supports hypothesis
Prediction
An expected outcome generated from a hypothesis.
True or false? Scientists identify what is most likely to be true by demonstrating what is not true.
True
Theory
A hypothesis or set of hypotheses for which a large body of high-quality evidence has been accumulated.
Anecdote
An account of a person’s experience or event.
Uncontrolled variable
A variable in an experiment that a scientist makes no effort to manipulate or account for.
Hierarchy of evidence
- Systematic reviews & meta-analysis of RCTs
- Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs)
- Observational Research
- Peer reviewed editorials and expert opinion
- Non-peer-reviewed media, including anecdote and traditions
Primary research
Original research where scientists perform experiments and collect data – this is in contrast to secondary research where scientists analyze data that has already been collected or published elsewhere.
Observational Research
Research in which a researcher observes ongoing behaviors to determine correlation.
Correlation
A relationship between two or more variables.
Randomised Control Trial (RCT)
A type of scientific study/trial where participants are randomly assigned into different groups – one or more will be the intervention to be tested and one will be the control group. Groups are randomized and a control is used in an attempt to reduce potential bias in the trial.
Independent Variable
The variable scientists manipulate in an experiment.
External Validity
The ability to generalize the results of a study.
Systematic Review
A review where scientists systematically gather all research on a topic and evaluate it based on predefined criteria and rules.
Meta-Analysis
A statistical analysis of a group of studies to assess the overall weight of the evidence.
Which of the following ranks highest in terms of quality?
Randomised Control Trials
Empirical
Based on observation or experience.
Test-retest reliability
ability to get similar results when something is measured under the same conditions.