Skapino Estela, Rendo Urteaga Tara, de Miguel-Etayo Pilar, Estrada-Restrepo Alejandro, Delgado Carlos Alberto, de Araujo-Moura Keisyanne, Yukari Yanaguihara Erika, Barbosa Carvalho Heráclito, Aristizábal Juan Carlos, Moreno Aznar Luis A
Departamento de Nutrición Clínica - Escuela de Nutrición - Universidad de la República.
Universidade de São Paulo.
Nutr Hosp. 2019 Oct 17;36(5):1109-1115. doi: 10.20960/nh.02482.
Introduction: the South American Youth/Child Cardiovascular and Environmental (SAYCARE) feasibility study aims to develop valid and reliable indicators to investigate health-related behavior and nutritional status in children and adolescents. Anthropometric measurements are one of the evaluated indicators in the study. The accuracy of the anthropometric data is very important and relies in the quality of the measurements. Objective: to describe the intra-observer reliability of ten anthropometric measurements: weight, height, circumferences (neck, arm, waist, hip) and skinfolds (triceps, subscapular, biceps and suprailiac) of children and adolescents from six South American cities: Lima, Medellin, Montevideo, Santiago, San Pablo and Teresina. Methods: prior to the study, fieldworkers from the seven centers participated in central training to ensure the application of standardized procedures in the anthropometric measurements. Intra-observer precision, technical error of measurement (TEM) and coefficient of reliability (R) were estimated for each measurement. Results: reliability of weight and height was above 99% in almost all cities. TEM for skinfold thickness was below 1.4 mm in children and 2.13 mm in adolescents, while reliability was above 95% in most of the skinfold measurements. TEM for circumferences was below 1.8 cm in children and 0.64 cm in adolescents, while reliability was above 99% in almost all circumferences. Conclusions: reliability of the anthropometric measurements in this study was high. In comparison with similar European or American studies, the reliability of the measurements taken in our study was, in most cases, similar or even higher.
南美青少年心血管与环境（SAYCARE）可行性研究旨在开发有效且可靠的指标，以调查儿童和青少年与健康相关的行为及营养状况。人体测量是该研究中的评估指标之一。人体测量数据的准确性非常重要，且取决于测量的质量。目的：描述来自南美六个城市（利马、麦德林、蒙得维的亚、圣地亚哥、圣保罗和特雷西纳）的儿童和青少年的十项人体测量指标（体重、身高、周长（颈部、手臂、腰围、臀围）和皮褶厚度（肱三头肌、肩胛下、肱二头肌和髂嵴上））的观察者内信度。方法：在研究之前，来自七个中心的现场工作人员参加了集中培训，以确保在人体测量中应用标准化程序。对每项测量估计观察者内精密度、测量技术误差（TEM）和信度系数（R）。结果：几乎在所有城市中，体重和身高的信度均高于99%。儿童皮褶厚度的TEM低于1.4毫米，青少年低于2.13毫米，而大多数皮褶测量的信度高于95%。周长的TEM在儿童中低于1.8厘米，在青少年中低于0.64厘米，几乎所有周长测量的信度都高于99%。结论：本研究中人体测量的信度较高。与类似的欧美研究相比，我们研究中所进行测量的信度在大多数情况下相似甚至更高。
