Reliability and validity of an adapted version of the ALPHA environmental questionnaire on physical activity in Spanish youth.
| Autor: | García-Cervantes L; Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid.. laura.garciac@uam.es., Martinez-Gomez D; Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid.. d.martinez@uam.es., Rodriguez-Romo G; INEF, Universidad Politécnica, Madrid.. gabriel.rodriguez@upm.es., Cabanas-Sanchez V; Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid.. veronica.cabanas@uam.es., Marcos A; Immunonutrition Research Group, Department of Metabolism and Nutrition, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition, Spanish National Research Council, Madrid. Spain.. amarcos@if.csic.es., Veiga OL; Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid.. oscar.veiga@uam.es. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Nutricion hospitalaria [Nutr Hosp] 2014 Nov 01; Vol. 30 (5), pp. 1118-24. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Nov 01. |
| DOI: | 10.3305/nh.2014.30.5.7769 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Previous studies suggest that the physical environment is associated with youth physical activity levels. Objective: The present study aimed at assessing the reliability and validity of an adapted version of the ALPHA environmental questionnaire (short version) to adults for application with Spanish youth. Methods: The reliability was evaluated in a sample (n = 190, 80 girls, 14.08 ± 1.38 years) using the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and Weighted kappa. In other sample (n = 140, 61 girls, 13.03 ± 1.40 years) the validity was assessed using the Spearman correlation (rho) for its association with self-reported and objective (accelerometers) physical activity (PA). Results: The test-retest reliability showed ICC = 0.69 for the total questionnaire score, ranging from k = 0.42 to 0.77 for individual items. The total score showed significant correlations with PA reported by PACE questionnaire (rho = 0.18, p = 0.040), the Finnish Physical Activity Index (rho = 0.26, p = 0.002) and active commuting for girls (rho = 0.34, p = 0.010), as well as vigorous PA measured by accelerometry (rho = 0.18, p = 0.038). Discussion: The adapted version of the ALPHA environmental questionnaire has moderate to good reliability and acceptable validity to assess environmental factors that may influence PA in youth. (Copyright AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2014. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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