Reliability and Validity of a Brief Tool to Measure Children's Physical Activity

Shujun Gao; Lisa Harnack; Kathryn Schmitz; Janet Fulton; Leslie Lytle; Pamela Van Coevering; David R Jacobs

doi:10.1123/jpah.3.4.415

Reliability and Validity of a Brief Tool to Measure Children's Physical Activity

Shujun Gao
, Lisa Harnack
, Kathryn Schmitz
, Janet Fulton
, Leslie Lytle
, Pamela Van Coevering
, David R Jacobs

Epidemiology & Community Health

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BACKGROUND: We assessed the validity and reliability of a modified Godin-Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire in youth in grades 6 through 8.

METHODS: The questionnaire was completed by 250 children twice at a 1 wk interval to assess reliability. After the second questionnaire administration the children wore an accelerometer for 7 d (criterion measure).

RESULTS: Pearson correlations between the first and second reports of frequency of participation in strenuous and moderate physical activity were 0.68 and 0.51, respectively. Self-reported participation in strenuous activity was weakly correlated with strenuous activity as measured by accelerometer (r = 0.23, P = 0.01). A weak non-significant correlation was found between reported versus measured engagement in moderate activity (r = 0.13, P = 0.07).

CONCLUSION: Findings suggest the questionnaire evaluated in this study may be of very limited use for assessing children's physical activity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	415-422
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of physical activity & health
Volume	3
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1123/jpah.3.4.415
State	Published - Oct 2006

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