Turkish Adaptation, Validity and Reliability Study of The MIND Diet Scale for Delaying Neurodegeneration

Authors : Büşra Atabilen, Merve Safa Kilif, Sevilay Nur Coşkun, Gül Hazal Ceyhan, Kısmet Cin, Yasemin Akdevelioğlu

Pages : 1030-1037

Doi:10.37989/gumussagbil.1506595

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Publication Date : 2024-09-26

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Background: MIND diet is a nutritional model that has positive effects on neurological diseases, cognitive function and mental health, as it contains nutrients with antioxidant properties. The MIND diet scale was developed to evaluate the diet\'s adherence with the MIND nutritional model principles. Objectives: This study aimed to adapt the MIND Diet Scale into Turkish and assess validity, reliability of the scale in the Turkish population. Method: Language adaptation of the scale was provided and the serving sizes in the scale items were adapted to our country. Then, the scale was applied to volunteer participants aged 18 and over. The data of 150 participants were analyzed. Content, concurrent validity and reliability of the scale was tested. Cronbach’s α (internal consistency) and test-retest reliability were used to assess the reliability. Results: The Cronbach\'s Alpha value of the 15-item MIND diet scale was 0.626 and the scale was found to have moderate reliability. Test and retest correlation also shows that the MIND diet scale is a reliable scale (r=0.591; p<0.001) The MIND diet scale mean score was 7.17±2.13 points. Finally, it was found that there was a statistically significant positive correlation between MIND total scores, Mediterranean Diet Adherence Scale and DASH diet index scores. Conclusion: This study is the first to evaluate the validity and reliability of the MIND diet scale in Turkish population. Study results showed that the scale was valid and moderately reliable tool.
Keywords : MIND diyet, Nörolojik hastalıklar, Türkçe Uyarlama, Güvenilirlik, Geçerlik