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0300/2024 - Validation Process and Methodological Characteristics of Food Insecurity Perception Scales: a Scope Review
Processo de Validação e Caraterísticas Metodológicas de Escalas de Percepção da Insegurança Alimentar: uma Revisão de Escopo

Author:

• Jamila da Silva Sultane Aboobacar - Aboobacar, J.S.S - <jamila.aboobacar@ufv.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8086-0907

Co-author(s):

• Sylvia do Carmo Castro Franceschini - Franceschini, S.C.C - <sylvia@ufv.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7934-4858
• Dayane de Castro Morais - Morais, D.C - <dayanecm@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6439-7009
• Elizangela da Silva Miguel - Miguel, ES - <elizangela.miguel@ufv.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2434-5068
• Francilene Maria Azevedo - Azevedo, F.M - <francilene.azevedoufv@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2162-5408
• Aline Carare Candido - Candido, A.C - <alinecarrare@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6259-4786
• Silvia Eloiza Priore - Priore, SE - <sepriore@ufv.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000.0003.0656.1485


Abstract:

The objective of this scoping review was to identify the validation process and the methodological characteristics of food insecurity perception scales validated in different parts of the world. A search was carried out in the PubMed, Embase, Scielo, Mediline, Lilacs and Google Scholar databases, in addition to the gray literature. The pre-ion of studies took place by reading the titles and abstracts, followed by reading in full. Of the 828 studies identified, 19 were ed referring to 21 country scales: Colombia; Tanzania; Lebanon; New Zealand; U.S; Ecuador; Sir Lanka; Brazil; Guatemala; Dominican Republic; Haiti; Costa Rica; Venezuela; Mexico; Bolivia; Burkina Faso and the Philippines, as well as the Latin American and Caribbean Scale (ELCSA) and the FAO. Colombia and Ecuador presented two validated scales. The scales varied in relation to the year of validation (2000 to 2020), reference time (last 3 to 12 months), number of questions (7 to 18) and types of households (urban and rural). The validation processes involved qualitative and quantitative phases. Internal validation was performed using Cronbach\'s Alpha coefficient and the Rasch model; and the external one by association and/or correlation with socioeconomic and food consumption variables. Thus, the identified scales presented validation processes and different methodological characteristics, being specific to each country.

Keywords:

Scales; Food Insecurity; Validation

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Aboobacar, J.S.S, Franceschini, S.C.C, Morais, D.C, Miguel, ES, Azevedo, F.M, Candido, A.C, Priore, SE. Validation Process and Methodological Characteristics of Food Insecurity Perception Scales: a Scope Review. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2024/Aug). [Citado em 05/12/2025]. Está disponível em: http://www.cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/validation-process-and-methodological-characteristics-of-food-insecurity-perception-scales-a-scope-review/19348



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