The results showed that evidence is scarce and that very few scores fulfilled the applicability parameters and psychometric quality .
Scores measuring adherence to MD are useful tools for identifying the dietary patterns of a given population .
OBJECTIVE The aim of this review was to evaluate the conceptual suitability , applicability and psychometric properties of scores used internationally to measure adherence to the Mediterranean diet ( MD ) .
Identifying reports of controlled trials in the BMJ and the Lancet
In 1994 the European Union BIOMED programme awarded £ 330 000 to a project , coordinated by the UK Cochrane Centre , to identify reports of r and omised controlled trials in general health care journals in Europe . The rationale is that reports of r and omised controlled trials are difficult to identify through sources such as Medline .1 For example , a study of the first six months of Medline for 1993 identified over 400 reports of r and omised controlled trials which were not coded as such , despite having the word r and om or r and omised in the title or abstract .2 A systematic review in 1993 indicated that , on average , search es of Medline identify only 50 % of trials.3 We present here the results of h and search ing the BMJ and the Lancet from 1948 onwards to identify reports of trials . Twenty h and search ers were trained
The results showed that evidence is scarce and that very few scores fulfilled the applicability parameters and psychometric quality .
Scores measuring adherence to MD are useful tools for identifying the dietary patterns of a given population .
OBJECTIVE The aim of this review was to evaluate the conceptual suitability , applicability and psychometric properties of scores used internationally to measure adherence to the Mediterranean diet ( MD ) .