Department of Health Sciences, College of Applied Studies and Community Service, King Saud University, Riyadh P.O. BOX 145111 ZIP 4545, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Exercise Physiology, College of Sport Sciences and Physical Activity, King Saud University, Riyadh P.O. BOX 145111 ZIP 4545, Saudi Arabia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jun 9;18(12):6246. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126246.
The Capability Assessment for Diet and Activity (CADA) is a questionnaire that was developed in English and designed to measure the practical barriers and opportunities for diet and physical activity.
This study aimed to translate, culturally adapt, and validate the CADA questionnaire for the Arabic context in a sample of Saudi women employed at a university.
The CADA was translated into Arabic using the forward and backward translation process. The Arabic version was then validated with a sample of 125 female Saudi participants. In order to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Arabic version, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was assessed, and a principal component analysis was performed.
The translated CADA had good psychometric quality. The content validity analysis revealed a representativeness score of 99.3% and a degree of clarity of 98.6%, indicating excellent compatibility. The principal component analysis showed a single-factor structure.
The Arabic version of the CADA questionnaire is now available to assess opportunities to achieve a healthy diet and physical activity level as part of health behavior management, which can lead to more effective interventions for improving people's health in Arabic-speaking countries.
能力评估饮食和活动（CADA）是一个用英语开发的问卷，旨在衡量饮食和身体活动的实际障碍和机会。
本研究旨在将 CADA 问卷翻译成阿拉伯语，并在沙特阿拉伯一所大学工作的女性样本中进行验证。
CADA 采用正向和反向翻译过程翻译成阿拉伯语。然后，对 125 名沙特女性参与者的样本进行了验证。为了评估阿拉伯语版本的心理测量学特性，评估了斯皮尔曼等级相关系数，并进行了主成分分析。
翻译后的 CADA 具有良好的心理测量学质量。内容效度分析显示代表性评分为 99.3%，清晰度评分为 98.6%，表明具有极好的兼容性。主成分分析显示出单一因素结构。
现在可以使用阿拉伯语版的 CADA 问卷评估实现健康饮食和身体活动水平的机会，作为健康行为管理的一部分，这可以为提高阿拉伯国家人民的健康水平提供更有效的干预措施。
