학술논문
[Psychometric validation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children (YFAS-C) in Spanish in a Mexican population].
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Santos Flores JM; Jefatura de Enseñanza, Investigación y Calidad. Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Nuevo León. Hospital General de Sabinas Hidalgo.; Trujillo Hernández PE; Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila.; Guevara Valtier MC; Facultad de Enfermería. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.; Lara Reyes BJ; Facultad de Enfermería Dr. Santiago Valdés Galindo. Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila.; Santos Flores I; Facultad de Enfermería. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.; Cárdenas Villarreal VM; Facultad de Enfermería. Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.; Rodríguez Vidales EP; Jefatura de Investigación del Estado de Nuevo León. Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Nuevo León.; Marroquín Escamilla AR; Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Nuevo León.; Vega Grimaldo MÁ; Secretaría de Salud del Estado de Nuevo León. Servicio de Gestión del Cuidado. Hospital General de Sabinas Hidalgo.
Source
Publisher: Grupo Aran Country of Publication: Spain NLM ID: 9100365 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1699-5198 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 02121611 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Nutr Hosp Subsets: MEDLINE
Subject
Language
Spanish; Castilian
Abstract
Introduction: Introduction: Mexico is one of the countries with the highest prevalence of childhood obesity worldwide. The increase of addictive behaviors at an early age is a possible cause of its development. The Yale Food Addiction Scale for Children (YFAS-C) allows identifying children with food addictive behaviors. Objective: to validate the YFAS-C scale in Spanish in a population sample of Mexican children and adolescents. Material and methods: an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was performed. The study sample consisted of 448 children from seven to 14 years of age. The first stage involved translation into Spanish; a second stage involved the solution of questions with discrepancies; then, a reverse translation into the original language and a review by experts on the subject of eating disorders in pediatric population were performed; and in the last stage, a pilot test in order to culturally adapt the instrument and the evaluation of the psychometric properties was carried out. Results: using the principal component extraction method, four components were identified that explained 47.1 % of the sample variance. In the confirmatory factor analysis, it was found that the goodness-of-fit indices met the required values (CFI = 0.906: GFI = 0.932; AGFI = 0.915, SRMS = 0.007 and RMSEA = 0.043). Conclusions: a validated Spanish version of the YFAS-C scale was obtained for Mexican children and adolescents to assess food addiction.