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The “Healthy Meals” web app for the assessment of nutritional content and food allergens in restaurant meals: Development, evaluation and validation

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    Identifier: imarina:9246625
    Authors:
    Mandracchia, FlorianaTarro, LuciaLlauradó, ElisabetValls, Rosa M.Solà, Rosa
    Abstract:
    Objective The development and the evaluation of the Healthy Meals web app designed for professionals from different disciplines related to food, aimed to assess the nutritional and food allergen content of restaurant meals, was described. Methods App evaluation concerned: (1) usability, scored on a 7-point scale by 6 restaurateurs and 10 nutritionists through the Computer System Usability Questionnaire; (2) quality, scored on a 5-point scale by 10 nutritionists through the Mobile App Rating Scale; (3) validation, by two nutritionists through differences in entered nutrient contents. Ratings reliability was assessed by the interclass correlation coefficient. Results Users agreed with the web app usability (mean 5.6/7 points, SD 0.9), with moderate reliability among ratings (interclass correlation coefficient?=?0.57; 95% CI, 0.18 to 0.82). The web app showed good objective quality (mean 4.0/5 points, SD 0.4), with excellent reliability among nutritionists (interclass correlation coefficient?=?0.91; 95% CI, 0.85 to 0.96). For web app validation, no significant differences were observed between the two nutritionists’ data, with excellent reliability (interclass correlation coefficient?=?0.98; 95% CI, 0.97 to 0.99). App data entry was identified as a point to improve. Conclusions The Healthy Meals web app designed for professionals related to food, such as restaurateurs, demonstrated to be usable, of good quality and valid for dishes nutritional assessment and food allergen identification. Points to improve were identified, while app effectiveness should be tested in trials.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Mandracchia, Floriana; Tarro, Lucia; Llauradó, Elisabet; Valls, Rosa M.; Solà, Rosa
    Department: Medicina i Cirurgia
    URV's Author/s: Llauradó Ribé, Elisabet / Mandracchia, Floriana / Solà Alberich, Rosa Maria / Tarro Sánchez, Lucía / Valls Zamora, Rosa Maria
    Project code: Grant agreement No. 713679
    Keywords: Restaurants Nutrition assessment Mobile health Mobile applications Information Food intolerance Food allergy Allergens restaurants reliability mobile health mobile applications knowledge food intolerance food allergy consumers attitudes allergens
    Abstract: Objective The development and the evaluation of the Healthy Meals web app designed for professionals from different disciplines related to food, aimed to assess the nutritional and food allergen content of restaurant meals, was described. Methods App evaluation concerned: (1) usability, scored on a 7-point scale by 6 restaurateurs and 10 nutritionists through the Computer System Usability Questionnaire; (2) quality, scored on a 5-point scale by 10 nutritionists through the Mobile App Rating Scale; (3) validation, by two nutritionists through differences in entered nutrient contents. Ratings reliability was assessed by the interclass correlation coefficient. Results Users agreed with the web app usability (mean 5.6/7 points, SD 0.9), with moderate reliability among ratings (interclass correlation coefficient?=?0.57; 95% CI, 0.18 to 0.82). The web app showed good objective quality (mean 4.0/5 points, SD 0.4), with excellent reliability among nutritionists (interclass correlation coefficient?=?0.91; 95% CI, 0.85 to 0.96). For web app validation, no significant differences were observed between the two nutritionists’ data, with excellent reliability (interclass correlation coefficient?=?0.98; 95% CI, 0.97 to 0.99). App data entry was identified as a point to improve. Conclusions The Healthy Meals web app designed for professionals related to food, such as restaurateurs, demonstrated to be usable, of good quality and valid for dishes nutritional assessment and food allergen identification. Points to improve were identified, while app effectiveness should be tested in trials.
    Thematic Areas: Public, environmental & occupational health Medical informatics Health policy & services Health policy Health information management Health informatics Health care sciences & services Computer science applications Ciencias sociales
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: elisabet.llaurado@urv.cat floriana.mandracchia@estudiants.urv.cat floriana.mandracchia@estudiants.urv.cat rosamaria.valls@urv.cat rosa.sola@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-7439-9531 0000-0001-5360-1721 0000-0001-5360-1721 0000-0002-3351-0942 0000-0002-8359-235X
    Record's date: 2024-09-07
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20552076221081690
    Funding program: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions - European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Digit Health. 8 1-12
    APA: Mandracchia, Floriana; Tarro, Lucia; Llauradó, Elisabet; Valls, Rosa M.; Solà, Rosa (2022). The “Healthy Meals” web app for the assessment of nutritional content and food allergens in restaurant meals: Development, evaluation and validation. Digit Health, 8(), 1-12. DOI: 10.1177/20552076221081690
    Acronym: MFP
    Article's DOI: 10.1177/20552076221081690
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2022
    Funding program action: Martí i Franquès COFUND Doctoral Programme
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
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    Public, environmental & occupational health
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    Ciencias sociales
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