Intrarater Reliability and the Value of Real Change for Waist and Hip Circumference Measures by a Novice Rater
| Autor: | Yueh-Chi Chen, Ching-Yi Wang, Mei-Hui Liu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Waist Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Overweight Body Mass Index Professional Competence medicine Humans Observer Variation Change score Anthropometry Waist-Hip Ratio Hip Circumference business.industry Intra-rater reliability Middle Aged Circumference Sensory Systems Obesity Abdominal Physical therapy Female Waist Circumference medicine.symptom business Body mass index Tape measure |
| Zdroj: | Perceptual and Motor Skills. 110:1053-1058 |
| ISSN: | 1558-688X 0031-5125 |
| Popis: | Intrarater reliability and measurement error associated with waist and hip circumference measures performed by a novice rater with one measurement were examined and compared among Body Mass Index (BMI) subgroups in a convenience sample of 76 participants (25 men, 51 women; M age = 47.2 yr., SD = 14.2). A rater blinded to the purpose of the study, as well as to the tape measure results, received training and then performed hip and waist circumference measures twice with a 10-min. interval. Intrarater reliability of the measures was acceptable (ICC3,1 >.95) across the BMI subgroups; measurement error was found to be greater in the overweight and obese subgroups. If a test-retest change score is greater than 3.0 cm in waist circumference and 2.0 cm in hip circumference, it can be assumed to be a true change with 95% confidence. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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