Meta Analysis
Validity and reliability of physical activity questionnaires in children and adolescents: a Meta-analysis
Yang Xi, Zhai Yi, Si Xiang, Zhao Wenhua
Published 2020-05-06
Cite as Chin J Prev Med, 2020, 54(5): 546-554. DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn112150-20190524-00421
Abstract
ObjectiveThis review is to systematically summarize the studies examining physical activity questionnaires in children and adolescents and assess the overall validity and reliability, providing evidence on epidemiology research of physical activity in youth.
MethodsA meta-analysis was performed using Stata 14.0 software. PubMed/Medline and EMBASE databases using the following terms:'Physical Activity’AND (' Questionnaire’OR'Self-report’OR'Recall’) AND'Valid*’AND (' Reliab*’OR'Reproducib*’OR'Sensitiv*’OR'Responsiv*’) AND (' Child*’ OR'Adolescen*’OR'Youth’) were searched from January 2008 to December 2018. Articles meeting the inclusion criteria were screened and adopting 'COnsensusbased Standards for the selection of health status Measurement Instruments' to evaluate the quality of the included studies.
ResultsThis review yielded 17 articles on 20 different physical activity questionnaires, the total number of 2 778 participants for validity study and 2 137 participants for reliability study. The combined values of correlation coefficients in validity study were 0.27 (95%CI: 0.23-0.31) for moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity, 0.24 (95%CI: 0.18-0.30) for moderate intensity physical activity, 0.33 (95%CI: 0.24-0.42) for vigorous intensity physical activity. The combined values of intraclass correlation coefficients in reliability study were 0.75 (95%CI: 0.68-0.83) for moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity, 0.56 (95%CI: 0.46-0.65) for moderate intensity physical activity, 0.68 (95%CI: 0.61-0.75) for vigorous intensity physical activity.
ConclusionUntil now, no questionnaires were identified for good validity and reliability to assess the physical activity level in young population.
Key words:
Child; Adolescent; Physical activity; Questionnaire
Contributor Information
Yang Xi
Department of Science and Technology, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, 102206, China
Zhai Yi
Beijing Tian Tan Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Disease, Beijing 100070, China
Si Xiang
Office of Health Management for Non-communicable Disease and Ageing, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, China
Zhao Wenhua
National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China