Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Qual Life Res. 2012 Dec;21(10):1815-28. doi: 10.1007/s11136-011-0095-1. Epub 2011 Dec 27.
Increasing physical activity is one way to address the public health concern of childhood obesity. Physical activity measures for use with young, school-aged children are limited.
This study adapted two existing activity measures for young children, specifically self-efficacy and 7-day recall of physical activity.
Through expert review and cognitive testing, the scales were adapted for use with young, school-aged children (ages 7-9). This article describes how the measures were adapted to insure comprehension of the child self-report measures. Reliability analyses provide support for their use in this population [Cronbach's alpha = 0.76 for the self-efficacy scale; moderate correlation between parent report and child report of child physical activity over the past week (rho = 0.52, P < 0.01].
Suggestions are offered for researchers interested in using similar methods when designing and adapting physical activity measures for new populations.
增加身体活动是解决儿童肥胖这一公共卫生问题的方法之一。适用于年幼、学龄儿童的身体活动测量方法有限。
本研究对两种现有的儿童身体活动测量方法进行了改编，特别是自我效能感和 7 天身体活动回顾。
通过专家审查和认知测试，这些量表被改编为适用于年幼、学龄儿童（7-9 岁）。本文描述了如何改编这些测量方法，以确保儿童自我报告测量的理解。可靠性分析为在该人群中使用这些量表提供了支持[自我效能感量表的克朗巴赫 α系数为 0.76；过去一周父母报告和儿童报告的儿童身体活动之间存在中度相关性（rho = 0.52，P < 0.01）]。
为有兴趣在为新人群设计和改编身体活动测量方法时使用类似方法的研究人员提供了建议。
