Validation of a physical activity self-report questionnaire in a Portuguese pediatric population

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2002

Authors

mota, j (Author) FADEUP; santos, p (Author) Other; guerra, s (Author) Other; ribeiro, jc (Author) FADEUP; duarte, ja (Author) FADEUP; sallis, jf (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Pediatric Exercise Science

Vol. 14

Pages: 269-276

ISSN: 0899-8493

Publisher: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.

Indexing

ISI Web of Knowledge - 27 Citations

Scopus - 31 Citations

Scientific classification

FOS: Medical and Health sciences > Clinical medicine

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-NJ8

Abstract (EN): The goal of this study was to validate an adapted version of the "weekly checklist" in a Portuguese population. The validity was assessed by comparing self-reports against the Computer Science and Application, Inc (CSA) monitor. The sample comprised 109 children (boys, n = 42; girls, n = 67), aged 8 to 16 years old. All subjects were volunteers from local schools (Oporto region). The weekly activity checklist was modestly (r = 0.30) but significantly (P <.01) correlated with the CSA. Girls (r = 40; p <.01) had higher correlations than boys (0.28; p <.05). When the values were analyzed by age, excluding the young subjects (<10 years old), the correlation values were slightly higher (r = 0.38; p <.01). The Portuguese version of the "weekly activity checklist" had similar reliability and validity as the original version. The measure appears to have lower validity in 8- and 9-year-old children.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8