Downloadable Dietary Assessment Screeners, Methodological Information, and Analytic Files

This page provides links to short dietary assessment screeners developed by NCI staff, related methodological information, and analytic files associated with the instruments used in the surveys below:

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• Dietary Screener Questionnaire (DSQ) in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)
• Dietary screeners in National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Cancer Control Supplements (CCS)
• Dietary screeners in the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)
• Fruit and vegetable intake screeners in the Eating at America’s Table Study (EATS)
• Percentage Energy from Fat Screener
• Multifactor Screener in Observing Protein and Energy Nutrition (OPEN) Study

A table is available summarizing the possible dietary constructs measured by the various dietary screeners.

Dietary Screener Questionnaire (DSQ) in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

• Summary
• Screeners:
  • Interviewer-Administered Questionnaires
    • DSQ English Version [PDF - 142 KB]
    • DSQ Spanish Version [PDF - 187 KB]
  • Self-Administered Questionnaire
    • DSQ Paper Version [PDF - 126 KB]
    • Demonstration of Web version (Note: investigators who want to use DSQ*Web must request to use the system for their study)
• Data Processing & Scoring Procedures:
  • Current Methods (based on NHANES 2009-2010)
  • Earlier Methods [PDF - 1.19 MB] (based on NHANES 2003-2006)
• Supplemental Files: SAS and related files

Dietary Screeners in National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Cancer Control Supplements (CCS)

Dietary Screener in 2015 NHIS CCS

• Summary
• Screeners:
  • English DSQ [PDF - 870 KB]
  • Spanish DSQ [PDF - 875 KB]
• Supplemental Files: SAS and related files [ZIP - 6.62 MB]

Dietary Screener in 2010 NHIS CCS

• Summary [PDF - 696 KB]
• Screeners:
  • English DSQ [PDF - 904 KB]
  • Spanish DSQ [PDF - 939 KB]
• Supplemental Files: SAS and related files [ZIP - 3.03 MB]

Five-Factor Screener in 2005 NHIS CCS

• Summary [PDF - 532 KB]
• Screeners:
  • English [PDF - 1.20 MB]
  • Spanish [PDF - 1.97 MB]
• Supplemental Files: SAS and CSV files [ZIP - 6.48 MB]

Multifactor Screener in the 2000 NHIS CCS

• Summary [PDF - 386 KB]
  • In-person interviewer administered – Multifactor Screener [PDF - 374 KB]
• Supplemental files: SAS and related files [ZIP - 3.07 MB]

Dietary Screeners in the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

Dietary Screener in the 2009 CHIS

• Summary [PDF - 349 KB]
• Screener [PDF - .99 KB]

Dietary Screener in the 2005 CHIS

• Summary [PDF - 520 KB]
• Screener [PDF - 839 KB]

Fruit and Vegetable Screener in the 2000 CHIS

• Summary [PDF - 355 KB]
• Screener [PDF - 38.7 KB]
• Supplemental Files: SAS and related files
  • Datasets Based on the 02-15-2005 Release of 2001 [ZIP - 5.14 MB]
  • Datasets Based on the 03-05-2004 Release of 2001 [ZIP - 5.07 MB]

Fruit & Vegetable Intake Screeners in the Eating at America's Table Study (EATS)

• Summary
• Screeners:
  • All Day Screener [PDF - 226 KB]
  • By Meal Screener [PDF - 345 KB]
• Supplemental Files: SAS and related files
  • All Day Screener [ZIP - 4.64 KB]
  • By Meal Screener [ZIP - 5.65 KB]

Percentage Energy from Fat Screener

• Summary
• Screener [PDF - 43.2 KB]
• Supplemental Files: SAS and related files [ZIP - 2.05 KB]

Multifactor Screener in Observing Protein and Energy Nutrition (OPEN) Study

• Summary [PDF - 456 KB]
• Screener [PDF - 119 KB]
• Supplemental Files: SAS and related files [ZIP - 69.1 KB]