Reliability and validity of three questionnaires measuring context-specific sedentary behaviour and associated correlates in adolescents, adults and older adults
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Article Title | Reliability and validity of three questionnaires measuring context-specific sedentary behaviour and associated correlates in adolescents, adults and older adults |
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ERA Journal ID | 13586 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Busschaert, Cedric (Author), De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse (Author), Van Holle, Veerle (Author), Chastin, Sebastien F. M. (Author), Cardon, Greet (Author) and De Cocker, Katrien (Author) |
Journal Title | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity |
Journal Citation | 12 (1), pp. 1-13 |
Article Number | 117 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1479-5868 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12966-015-0277-2 |
Web Address (URL) | https://ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12966-015-0277-2 |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: Reliable and valid measures of total sedentary time, context-specific sedentary behaviour (SB) and its potential correlates are useful for the development of future interventions. The purpose was to examine test-retest reliability and criterion validity of three newly developed questionnaires on total sedentary time, context-specific SB and its potential correlates in adolescents, adults and older adults. METHODS: Reliability and validity was tested in six different samples of Flemish (Belgium) residents. For the reliability study, 20 adolescents, 22 adults and 20 older adults filled out the age-specific SB questionnaire twice. Test-retest reliability was analysed using Kappa coefficients, Intraclass Correlation Coefficients and/or percentage agreement, separately for the three age groups. For the validity study, data were retrieved from 62 adolescents, 33 adults and 33 older adults, with activPAL as criterion measure. Spearman correlations and Bland-Altman plots (or non-parametric approach) were used to analyse criterion validity, separately for the three age groups and for weekday, weekend day and average day. RESULTS: The test-retest reliability for self-reported total sedentary time indicated following values: ICC = 0.37-0.67 in adolescents; ICC = 0.73-0.77 in adults; ICC = 0.68-0.80 in older adults. Item-specific reliability results (e.g. context-specific SB and its potential correlates) showed good-to-excellent reliability in 67.94%, 68.90% and 66.38% of the items in adolescents, adults and older adults respectively. All items belonging to sedentary-related equipment and simultaneous SB showed good reliability. The sections of the questionnaire with lowest reliability were: context-specific SB (adolescents), potential correlates of computer use (adults) and potential correlates of motorized transport (older adults). Spearman correlations between self-reported total sedentary time and the activPAL were different for each age group: rho = 0.02-0.42 (adolescents), rho = 0.06-0.52 (adults), rho = 0.38-0.50 (older adults). Participants over-reported total sedentary time (except for weekend day in older adults) compared to the activPAL, for weekday, weekend day and average day respectively by +57.05%, +46.29%, +53.34% in adolescents; +40.40%, +19.15%, +32.89% in adults; +10.10%, -6.24%, +4.11% in older adults. CONCLUSIONS: The questionnaires showed acceptable test-retest reliability and criterion validity. However, over-reporting of total SB was noticeable in adolescents and adults. Nevertheless, these questionnaires will be useful in getting context-specific information on SB. |
Keywords | adolescents, adults, older adults, questionnaire, validity, reliability, sedentary behaviour |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified |
420799. Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | © 2015 Busschaert et al. |
Byline Affiliations | Ghent University, Belgium |
Glasgow Caledonian University, United Kingdom | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q55zv/reliability-and-validity-of-three-questionnaires-measuring-context-specific-sedentary-behaviour-and-associated-correlates-in-adolescents-adults-and-older-adults
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