Validated Italian questionnaire assesses home cooking skills in diverse populations, suggesting effective tool for nutrition education.
Cooking skills significantly influence diet quality and help prevent chronic diseases. However, no validated instrument is currently available to assess home-cooking skills in Italy. This study aimed to culturally adapt and validate an Italian version of the Brazilian Home-Cooking Skills Assessment Scale for both nutrition professionals and the general population in Italy. The study involved forward-backward translation, Delphi technique validation with eight experts, pilot testing with 30 participants, and psychometric validation with 357 individuals (49.9% nutrition professionals). The Content Validity Index was above 0.9. Exploratory factor analysis revealed a three-factor structure explaining 50.9% of the variance, with strong model-fit indices. Reliability assessments showed excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's 𝛼 = 0.885) and high test-retest reliability (ICC = 0.88). The final instrument comprised 24 items distributed across four skill levels. The Home Cooking Skills Questionnaire - Italian version is a validated tool for assessing home-cooking skills in Italy and demonstrates strong psychometric properties.
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