Validity and reliability of three self-report instruments for assessing attainment of physical activity guidelines in university students
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Murphy, Joseph J.Murphy, Marie H.
MacDonncha, Ciaran
Murphy, Niamh
Nevill, Alan M.
Woods, Catherine B.
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2017-03-23
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The purpose of this study was to compare the validity and reliability of three short physical activity self-report instruments to determine their potential for use with university student populations. The participants (N = 155; 44.5% male; 22.9 ± 5.13 years) wore an accelerometer for 9 consecutive days and completed a single-item measure, the a brief two item measure and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire—Short Form questionnaires on day 1 and 9. Correlations between self-reported and accelerometer derived moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels were moderate for the International Physical Activity Questionnaire—Short Form, while poor for the single-item measure and the a brief two item measure. The agreement level was high with the International Physical Activity Questionnaire—Short Form (77.4%) and moderate for both the single-item measure (45.2 %) and a brief two item measure (44.5 %). The intraclass correlations between the two administrations were moderate to strong across all measures (0.52–0.70) in 133 participants. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire—Short Form is the most suitable of these three self-report instruments for use with this population due to higher correlations and levels of agreement with accelerometry.Citation
Murphy, JJ., Murphy, MH., MacDonncha, C., Murphy, N., Nevill, A., Woods, CB. (2017) 'Validity and Reliability of Three Self-Report Instruments for Assessing Attainment of Physical Activity Guidelines in University Students', Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 21 (3) p 134-141Publisher
Taylor & FrancisJournal
Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise ScienceAdditional Links
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1091367X.2017.1297711Type
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1091-367Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1080/1091367X.2017.1297711
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