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ARCHIVES OF DISEASE IN CHILDHOOD
卷 93, 期 12, 页码 1054-1058出版社
BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.135905
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- National Prevention Research Initiative
- British Heart Foundation, Cancer Research UK
- Department of Health
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Food Standards Agency
- Medical Research Council
- Research and Development Office for the Northern Ireland Health and Social Services
- Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorate
- Welsh Assembly Government and World Cancer Research Fund
- Henry Smith Charity and Sport Aiding Medical Research for Kids (SPARKS)
- Diabetes UK
- ESRC [ES/G007470/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- MRC [G0501306] Funding Source: UKRI
- Economic and Social Research Council [ES/G007470/1] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0501306] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institute for Health Research [PHCS/C4/4/008] Funding Source: researchfish
Objective: Public health surveillance of physical activity in children in the UK depends on a parent-reported physical activity questionnaire which has not been validated. We aimed to validate this questionnaire against measurement of physical activity using accelerometry in 6-7-year-old children. Methods: In 130 children aged 6-7 years (64 boys, 66 girls) we estimated habitual moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA)using the Health Survey for England parent-report questionnaire for physical activity. For the same time period and the same children, we measured MVPA objectively using 7-day accelerometry with the Actigraph accelerometer. Results: The questionnaire over-estimated MVPA significantly (paired t test, p < 0.01). Mean error (bias) when using the questionnaire was 122 min/day (95% CI 124 to 169). Mean time spent in MVPA was 146 min/day (95% CI 124 to 169) using the questionnaire and 24 min/day (95% CI 22 to 26) using the accelerometer. Rank order correlations between MVPA measured by accelerometer and estimated by the questionnaire were not statistically significant. Conclusions: Public health surveillance of physical activity should not rely on this questionnaire. Levels of habitual physical activity in children are likely to be substantially lower than those reported in UK health surveys.
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