Development and psychometric validation of a scoring questionnaire to assess healthy lifestyles among adolescents in Catalonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lifestyle is intimately related to health. A questionnaire that specifically scores the healthiness of lifestyle of Catalan adolescents is needed. The objective of this study was to develop and validate a scoring questionnaire called VISA-TEEN to assess the healthy lifestyle of young Catalans that can be answered quickly and user-friendly.

Methods

A lifestyle questionnaire was developed based on the analysis of contributions from two focus groups, one with adolescents and the other with people who work with them (teachers and doctors). A panel of experts validated the content of items that were ultimately selected for the VISA-TEEN questionnaire. Three hundred ninety-six adolescents (215 boys and 181 girls, age = 13-19 years) completed the VISA-TEEN. Internal cons

SUBMITTER: Costa-Tutusaus L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4731967 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature