Validity of the Modified SIT-Q 7d for Estimating Sedentary Break Frequency and Duration in Home-Based Office Workers During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: A Secondary Analysis
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Dillon-Rossiter, Kirsten, Hiemstra, Madison, Bartmann, Nina, Sui, Wuyou, Mitchell, Marc, Rollo, Scott, Gardiner, Paul A. and Prapavessis, Harry. 2023. "Validity of the Modified SIT-Q 7d for Estimating Sedentary Break Frequency and Duration in Home-Based Office Workers During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: A Secondary Analysis." Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour. 6 (1), pp. 60-72. https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2022-0021
| Article Title | Validity of the Modified SIT-Q 7d for Estimating Sedentary Break Frequency and Duration in Home-Based Office Workers During the COVID-19 Global Pandemic: A Secondary Analysis |
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| ERA Journal ID | 213089 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Dillon-Rossiter, Kirsten, Hiemstra, Madison, Bartmann, Nina, Sui, Wuyou, Mitchell, Marc, Rollo, Scott, Gardiner, Paul A. and Prapavessis, Harry |
| Journal Title | Journal for the Measurement of Physical Behaviour |
| Journal Citation | 6 (1), pp. 60-72 |
| Number of Pages | 13 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Publisher | Human Kinetics Publishers |
| Place of Publication | United States |
| ISSN | 2575-6605 |
| 2575-6613 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1123/jmpb.2022-0021 |
| Web Address (URL) | https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jmpb/6/1/article-p60.xml |
| Abstract | Office workers who transitioned to working from home are spending an even higher percentage of their workday sitting compared with being “in-office” and this is an emerging health concern. With many office workers continuing to work from home since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is imperative to have a validated self-report questionnaire to assess sedentary behavior, break frequency, and duration, to reduce the cost and burden of using device-based assessments. This secondary analysis study aimed to validate the modified Last 7-Day Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (SIT-Q 7d) against an activPAL4™ device in full-time home-based “office” workers (n = 148; mean age = 44.90). Participants completed the modified SIT-Q 7d and wore an activPAL4 for a full work week. The findings showed that the modified SIT-Q 7d had low (ρ = .35–.37) and weak (ρ = .27–.28) criterion validity for accurate estimates of break frequency and break duration, respectively. The 95% limits of agreement were large for break frequency (26.85–29.01) and medium for break duration (5.81–8.47), indicating that the modified SIT-Q 7d may not be appropriate for measuring occupational sedentary behavior patterns at the individual level. Further validation is still required before confidently recommending this self-report questionnaire to be used among this population to assess breaks in sedentary time. |
| Keywords | activPAL; measurement of agreement; Bland–Altman |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420201. Behavioural epidemiology |
| Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
| Byline Affiliations | University of Western Ontario, Canada |
| Duke University, United States | |
| University of Victoria, Canada | |
| University of Ottawa, Canada | |
| School of Health and Medical Sciences |
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