- Title
- Convergent validity and test-retest reliability of the Oxford Physical Activity Questionnaire for secondary school students
- Creator
- Lubans, David R.; Sylva, Kathy; Osborn, Zane
- Relation
- Behaviour Change Vol. 25, Issue 1, p. 23-34
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/bech.25.1.23
- Publisher
- Australian Academic Press
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2008
- Description
- The purpose of this study was to examine the convergent validity and test-retest reliability of the Oxford Physical Activity Questionnaire (OPAQ), a self-administered questionnaire designed to assess the activity patterns of adolescents. The test-retest reliability of the OPAQ was assessed by administering the questionnaire on two occasions separated by 1 week (N = 87, mean age = 13.1 ± .9). Intraclass correlation (ICC) was used to examine the test-retest reliability of the OPAQ. The convergent validity of the OPAQ was evaluated using Caltrac accelerometers worn consecutively for 4 days (N = 51, mean age = 12.6 ± .5). Spearman's rank-order correlation was used to examine the convergent validity of the questionnaire. ICCs ranged from .76 to .91 and reliability was higher for males (r = .89) than females (r = .78). Correlations between self-reported physical activity and Caltrac accelerometer Counts were related to vigorous physical activity (r = .33, p = .01) and moderate to vigorous activity (r = .32, p = .02). The OPAQ has excellent test-retest reliability and acceptable validity in comparison to other measures of youth physical activity.
- Subject
- activity monitor; self report; children; adolescents
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/40951
- Identifier
- uon:4658
- Identifier
- ISSN:0813-4839
- Language
- eng
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