VigiNUTRI Brasil: methods of request, data extraction, treatment and consistency analysis of individual data from adolescents monitored by the Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (Sisvan Web).

Abstract

Objective: To describe the methods for requesting, extracting data, processing and analyzing the consistency of anthropometric and food consumption data of adolescents monitored by Sisvan Web.

Methods: Methodological study with individualized data from Sisvan web between 2008 and 2018. The modules of anthropometry and consumption, made available by the Ministry of Health, had a unique identifier for linkages. Implausible values and individuals outside the age range were excluded. Consistency analyses, with corrections for imputations and descriptive statistics, were performed using Stata 16.0 software.

Results: A database was obtained with 18,812,232 observations of anthropometric data between 2008 and 2018 and 440,534 records of food consumption between 2015 and 2018; after merging the banks, 64,976 observations were obtained.

Conclusion: The combination of anthropometry and food consumption databases made it possible to link individual adolescent data and build a database with information for future analyzes relating to the dietary and nutritional profile of the same individual.

Main results: The proposal for processing individual data from the Food and Nutrition Surveillance System (Sisvan Web) generated 18 million observations for anthropometric data and 65,000 observations after merging the anthropometry and food consumption databases.

Implications for services: This work will enable replication of the methodology for processing data available in Sisvan Web, allowing for enhanced analyzes by healthcare teams and researchers in the field of public health.

Perspectives: It is expected that these procedures will assist researchers, managers and healthcare professionals in handling and analyzing the information generated by Sisvan Web.