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Published in: BMC Medical Research Methodology 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | Research article

Reliability and validity of a sedentary behavior questionnaire for South American pediatric population: SAYCARE study

Authors: Augusto César Ferreira De Moraes, Marcus Vinícius Nascimento-Ferreira, Claudia Lucia de Moraes Forjaz, Juan Carlos Aristizabal, Leticia Azzaretti, Walter Viana Nascimento Junior, Maria L. Miguel-Berges, Estela Skapino, Carlos Delgado, Luis A. Moreno, Heráclito Barbosa Carvalho

Published in: BMC Medical Research Methodology | Issue 1/2020

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Abstract

Background

Multicenter studies from Europe and the United States have developed specifically standardized questionnaires for assessing and comparing sedentary behavior, but they cannot be directly applied for South American countries. The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and validity of the South American Youth Cardiovascular and Environmental (SAYCARE) sedentary behavior questionnaire.

Methods

Children and adolescents from seven South American cities were involved in the test-retest reliability (children: n = 55; adolescents: n = 106) and concurrent validity (children: n = 93; adolescents: n = 94) studies. The SAYCARE sedentary behavior questionnaire was administered twice with two-week interval and the behaviors were parent-reported for children and self-reported for adolescents. Questions included time spent watching television, using a computer, playing console games, passive playing (only in children) and studying (only in adolescents) over the past week. Accelerometer was used for at least 3 days, including at least one weekend day. We compared values of sedentary time, using accelerometers, by quartiles of reported sedentary behavior time and their sum.

Results

The reliability of sedentary behavior time was moderate for children (rho ≥0.45 and k ≥ 0.40) and adolescents (rho ≥0.30). Comparisons between the questionnaire and accelerometer showed a low overall agreement, with the questionnaire systematically underreporting sedentary time in children (at least, − 332.6 ± 138.5 min/day) and adolescents (at least, − 399.7 ± 105.0 min/day).

Conclusion

The SAYCARE sedentary behavior questionnaire has acceptable reliability in children and adolescents. However, the findings of current study indicate that SAYCARE questionnaire is not surrogate of total sedentary time.
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Metadata
Title
Reliability and validity of a sedentary behavior questionnaire for South American pediatric population: SAYCARE study
Authors
Augusto César Ferreira De Moraes
Marcus Vinícius Nascimento-Ferreira
Claudia Lucia de Moraes Forjaz
Juan Carlos Aristizabal
Leticia Azzaretti
Walter Viana Nascimento Junior
Maria L. Miguel-Berges
Estela Skapino
Carlos Delgado
Luis A. Moreno
Heráclito Barbosa Carvalho
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Medical Research Methodology / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2288
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0893-7

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