The Ability of the DETERMINE Checklist to Predict Dietary Intake of White, Rural, Elderly, Community-Dwelling Women

Using a stratified random sample of 249 older rural community-dwelling women, this study evaluated the ability of the DETERMINE checklist to identify those with at-n'sk dietary intakes. A modified DETERMINE checklist found 7% and 42% of the sample to be at high and moderate nutrition risk respectively. Dietary analysis of the semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire found 93% of the women to be at-risk for at least one of eight key nutrients. Over one-fourth were at-risk for four or more nutrients. Stepwise logistic regression revealed that only three questions from the DETERMINE checklist were predictive of at-risk nutrient intake. Neither total DETERMINE checklist score, nor a score of ≥3 nor ≥6 was predictive of at-risk nutrient intake.