Assessing the Validity of a Physical Activity Questionnaire Developed for Parents of Preschool Children in Mexico.
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2012-12
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To assess the validity of a questionnaire developed for parents of preschool children to know their physical
activity (PA) status, we compared the questionnaire results with the measures of accelerometer for children’s
activities. Thirty-five preschoolers who wore the accelerometer for at least 10 hours daily on 3 weekdays
and one weekend day were included in the analyses. Time spent in activities of varied intensity was
calculated by applying 15-second ActiGraph count cutoffs (ACC). Parents’ perceptions of their children’s
PA were associated with the percentage of vigorous and moderate physical activity recorded with ACC at
r=0.62 (p=0.0001). An association was shown between the percentage of a child’s time spent in vigorous
physical activity, as reported by parents, with that measured by ACC at r=0.53 (p=0.001). Results of this
study suggest that the designed questionnaire might be a useful tool for assessing children’s activity while,
additionally, it warrants further investigation on larger samples of children.
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Accelerometer, Physical activity, Preschool children, Validity assessment, Mexico
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Bacardi-Gascón Montserrat, Reveles-Rojas Claudia, Woodward-Lopez Gail, Crawford Patricia, Jiménez-Cruz Arturo. Assessing the Validity of a Physical Activity Questionnaire Developed for Parents of Preschool Children in Mexico. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2012 Dec; 30(4): 439-446.