Citation
Faurot, Keturah R.; Siega-Riz, Anna Maria; Gardiner, Paula; Rivera, José O.; Young, Laura A.; Poole, Charles L.; Whitsel, Eric A.; González, Hector M.; Chirinos, Diana A.; & Talavera, Gregory A., et al. (2016). Comparison of a Medication Inventory and a Dietary Supplement Interview in Assessing Dietary Supplement Use in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos. Integrative Medicine Insights, 11, 1-10. PMCID: PMC4756859Abstract
Although dietary supplement use is common, its assessment is challenging, especially among ethnic minority populations such as Hispanics/Latinos. Using the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) (n = 16,415), this report compares two strategies for capturing dietary supplement use over a 30-day period: a medication-based inventory and a nutrition-based dietary supplement interview. Age-standardized prevalence was calculated across multiple dietary supplement definitions, adjusted with survey/nonresponse weights. The prevalence of dietary supplement use was substantially higher as measured in the dietary supplement interview, compared to the medication inventory: for total dietary supplements (39% vs 26%, respectively), for nonvitamin, nonmineral supplements (24% vs 12%), and for botanicals (9.2% vs 4.5%). Concordance between the two assessments was fair to moderate (Cohen’s kappa: 0.31–0.52). Among women, inclusion of botanical teas increased the prevalence of botanical supplement use from 7% to 15%. Supplement assessment that includes queries about botanical teas yields more information about patient supplement use.URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/IMI.S25587Reference Type
Journal ArticleYear Published
2016Journal Title
Integrative Medicine InsightsAuthor(s)
Faurot, Keturah R.Siega-Riz, Anna Maria
Gardiner, Paula
Rivera, José O.
Young, Laura A.
Poole, Charles L.
Whitsel, Eric A.
González, Hector M.
Chirinos, Diana A.
Talavera, Gregory A.
Castañeda, Sheila F.
Daviglus, Martha L.
Barnhart, Janice M.
Giacinto, Rebeca Espinoza
Van Horn, Linda V.