Amrita Sil, Chaitali Sengupta, Alak Kumar Das, Puspita Das Sil, Supratim Datta, Avijit Hazra
A study of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding administration of pediatric dosage forms and allied health literacy of caregivers for children
Journal of family medicine and primary care
known methods easily evaluate dietary salt intake children hypothesized salt check sheet validity confirmed hypertensive outpatients general population used assess dietary salt intake children enrolled 188 healthy schoolchildren mean age 112 11 years 532 boys asked answer salt check sheet brief selfadministered dietary history questionnaire japanese schoolchildren aged 618 years bdhq15y mean total salt checksheet score 127 40 points range 424 points estimated daily salt intake bdhq15y 121 37 g range 47272 g total checksheet score significantly positively correlated estimated daily salt intake bdhq15y r 0408 p 0001 thirtyone study participants assigned low salt group total score salt check sheet 08 points 78 participants medium salt group 913 points 79 participants high high salt group 14 points comparison estimating daily salt intake bdhq15y among three groups performed daily saltintake levels tended increase group total checksheet scores increased low vs medium vs high high salt group levels 95 31 vs 116 vs 135 39 respectively p 0001 demonstrates salt check sheet useful tool easily assess dietary salt intake children