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ABSTRACT: Background
Subjective measures of sedentary behaviour (SB) (i.e. questionnaires and diaries/logs) are widely implemented, and can be useful for capturing type and context of SBs. However, little is known about comparative validity and reliability. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to: 1) identify subjective methods to assess overall, domain- and behaviour-specific SB, and 2) examine the validity and reliability of these methods.Methods
The databases MEDLINE, EMBASE and SPORTDiscus were searched up to March 2020. Inclusion criteria were: 1) assessment of SB, 2) evaluation of subjective measurement tools, 3) being performed in healthy adults, 4) manuscript written in English, and 5) paper was peer-reviewed. Data of validity and/or reliability measurements was extracted from included studies and a meta-analysis using random effects was performed to assess the pooled correlation coefficients of the validity.Results
The systematic search resulted in 2423?hits. After excluding duplicates and screening on title and abstract, 82 studies were included with 75 self-reported measurement tools. There was wide variability in the measurement properties and quality of the studies. The criterion validity varied between poor-to-excellent (correlation coefficient [R] range?-?0.01- 0.90) with logs/diaries (R?=?0.63 [95%CI 0.48-0.78]) showing higher criterion validity compared to questionnaires (R?=?0.35 [95%CI 0.32-0.39]). Furthermore, correlation coefficients of single- and multiple-item questionnaires were comparable (1-item R?=?0.34; 2-to-9-items R?=?0.35; ?10-items R?=?0.37). The reliability of SB measures was moderate-to-good, with the quality of these studies being mostly fair-to-good.Conclusion
Logs and diaries are recommended to validly and reliably assess self-reported SB. However, due to time and resources constraints, 1-item questionnaires may be preferred to subjectively assess SB in large-scale observations when showing similar validity and reliability compared to longer questionnaires.Registration number
CRD42018105994.
SUBMITTER: Bakker EA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7294635 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bakker Esmée A EA Hartman Yvonne A W YAW Hopman Maria T E MTE Hopkins Nicola D ND Graves Lee E F LEF Dunstan David W DW Healy Genevieve N GN Eijsvogels Thijs M H TMH Thijssen Dick H J DHJ
The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity 20200615 1
<h4>Background</h4>Subjective measures of sedentary behaviour (SB) (i.e. questionnaires and diaries/logs) are widely implemented, and can be useful for capturing type and context of SBs. However, little is known about comparative validity and reliability. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to: 1) identify subjective methods to assess overall, domain- and behaviour-specific SB, and 2) examine the validity and reliability of these methods.<h4>Methods</h4>The databases MEDLINE, ...[more]