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01-01-2015 | Original Article

Test–retest reliability of selected physical activity and sedentary behaviour HBSC items in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland

Authors: Daniela Bobakova, Zdenek Hamrik, Petr Badura, Dagmar Sigmundova, Hania Nalecz, Michal Kalman

Published in: International Journal of Public Health | Issue 1/2015

Abstract

Objectives

Better assessment of the reliability of the physical activity and sedentary behaviour items across countries in all WHO regions is highly needed. The aim of the study was to examine the test–retest reliability of selected physical activity and sedentary behaviour items of the HBSC questionnaire in Czech, Slovak and Polish adolescents.

Methods

We obtained data from 693 Czech, Slovak and Polish (50.9 % boys) primary school pupils, grades five (mean age = 11.08; SD = 0.45) and nine (mean age = 15.12; SD = 0.45), who participated in a test–retest study in 2013. We used the single measures of Intraclass Correlation Coefficients (ICC) and Cohen’s Kappa statistic to estimate the test–retest reliability of all selected items within the sample and stratified by gender, age group and country.

Results

Both physical activity items (VPA and MVPA) and most of the sedentary behaviour items showed moderate agreement (ICC 0.41–0.60) and a similarly moderate correlation (Cohen’s Kappa 0.3–0.5) after dichotomization.

Conclusions

The physical activity and sedentary behaviour items of the HBSC questionnaire seem to be at the borderline of reliability to be used in adolescents.

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Title: Test–retest reliability of selected physical activity and sedentary behaviour HBSC items in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland
Authors: Daniela Bobakova
Zdenek Hamrik
Petr Badura
Dagmar Sigmundova
Hania Nalecz
Michal Kalman
Publication date: 01-01-2015
Publisher: Springer Basel
Published in: International Journal of Public Health / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Electronic ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-014-0628-9

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Test–retest reliability of selected physical activity and sedentary behaviour HBSC items in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland

Abstract

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusions

At a glance: The STEP trials

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Abstract

Objectives

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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