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ArticleNutrition and health2024

Psychometric evaluation of three-factor eating questionnaire -R18 in aging Finnish men with increased risk for type 2 diabetes.

Katriina Malkki-Keinänen, Maria Lankinen, Leila Karhunen, Ursula Schwab

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  1. Psychometric Properties of Eating Behaviour Instruments for Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025
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Katriina Malkki-KeinänenSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Finland.ORCID 0000-0003-2777-2425
Maria LankinenSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-9158-283X
Leila KarhunenSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Finland.
Ursula SchwabSchool of Medicine, Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Finland.

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backgroundDeeper comprehension of eating-related behaviour (how and why people eat) can reveal new aspects to support health and prevent type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, such research is largely missing in aging men.

aimThe aim was to investigate suitability of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18 (TFEQ-R18) in Finnish aging men which is widely used to examine factors: cognitive restraint (CR), uncontrolled eating (UE), and emotional eating (EE).

methodsStudy population consisted of 420 men aged 50-75, who completed the TFEQ-R18 at the baseline of the T2D-GENE lifestyle intervention study. Inclusion criteria were impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and body mass index ≥25 kg/m

resultsThe items loaded to the three factors (CR, UE, EE) as in previous studies, except two items at CR factor and one at UE factor, which were therefore omitted. UE was also discovered split into two sub factors (named as 'craving' and 'loss-of-control'), UE being a higher-order (h) factor. The resultant revised version was named as Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire Revised to 15-items with higher-order factor (TFEQ-R15h).

conclusionThe original 18-item version of the TFEQ was not optimal in the population consisting of Finnish aging men with elevated T2D risk. A modified 15-item version of the TFEQ could be used to describe EB in this population instead.

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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2Feeding BehaviorPsychometricsAgedAgingBody Mass IndexEmotionsFactor Analysis, StatisticalFinlandHumansMaleMiddle AgedReproducibility of ResultsRisk FactorsSurveys and Questionnairesaging menEating behaviour patternsfactor analysisTFEQ-R18

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