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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.
SUBMITTER: De Moraes ACF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6954524 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
De Moraes Augusto César Ferreira ACF Nascimento-Ferreira Marcus Vinícius MV Forjaz Claudia Lucia de Moraes CLM Aristizabal Juan Carlos JC Azzaretti Leticia L Nascimento Junior Walter Viana WV Miguel-Berges Maria L ML Skapino Estela E Delgado Carlos C Moreno Luis A LA Carvalho Heráclito Barbosa HB
BMC medical research methodology 20200110 1
<h4>Background</h4>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.<h4>Methods</h4>Children and adolescents from seven South American cities were involved ...[more]