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

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2002

Autores

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

Revista

Título: Pediatric Exercise Science

Vol. 14

Páginas: 269-276

ISSN: 0899-8493

Editora: Human Kinetics Publishers, Inc.

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 27 Citações

Scopus - 31 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências médicas e da saúde > Medicina clínica

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: 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.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 8