1. Convergent validation of a questionnaire to assess the mode and frequency of commuting to and from school
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Palma Chillón, Manuel Herrador-Colmenero, Jairo H. Migueles, Verónica Cabanas-Sánchez, Jorge R. Fernández-Santos, Óscar L. Veiga, Jose Castro-Piñero, Ascensión Marcos, Oscar L. Veiga, José Castro-Piñero, Fernando Bandrés, David Martínez-Gómez, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Ana Carbonell-Baeza, Sonia Gomez-Martinez, Catalina Santiago, Sonia Gómez-Martínez, Esther Nova, Esperanza L. Díaz, Belén Zapatera, Ana M. Veses, Jorge R. Mujico, Alina Gheorghe, H. Ariel Villagra, Juan del-Campo, Carlos Cordente, Mario Díaz, Carlos M. Tejero, Aitor Acha, Jose M. Moya, Alberto Sanz, Gabriel Rodríguez-Romo, Rocío Izquierdo-Gómez, Laura Garcia-Cervantes, Irene Esteban-Cornejo., Jesús Mora-Vicente, José L. González Montesinos, Julio Conde-Caveda, Francisco B. Ortega, Carmen Padilla Moledo, Ana Carbonell Baeza, Jorge del Rosario Fernández, Ana González Galo, Gonzalo Bellvís Guerra, Álvaro Delgado Alfonso, Fernando Parrilla, Roque Gómez, Juan Gavala, Alejandro Lucia, and Félix Gómez-Gallego
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Sedentary time ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Limits of agreement ,Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health ,Health behaviour ,Physical activity ,030229 sport sciences ,General Medicine ,Mean difference ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Convergent validity ,Physical therapy ,medicine ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Psychology - Abstract
Aims: The purposes of this research were to study the convergent validity of the Mode and Frequency of Commuting To and From School Questionnaire using objectively assessed steps and time spent in different physical activity intensities and to compare the self-reported versus objective journey time in Spanish youths. Methods: Three hundred and eighty-nine Spanish youth aged 7–19 years were asked to complete the questionnaire and wore an accelerometer for five days. The objective commuting distance and time from home to school were estimated using Google MapsTM. Results: There were significant differences between passive and walking participants on step numbers, sedentary time and physical activity levels (except for vigorous physical activity in children). For children, a mean difference of −4.03 minutes between objective measured and self-reported journey time was found (95% limits of agreement were 13.55 and −21.60 minutes). For adolescents, the mean difference was −1.39 minutes (95% limits of agreement were 15.23 and −18.02 minutes). Conclusions: The findings indicated that the Mode of Commuting To and From School Questionnaire showed a convergent validity to assess this behaviour in Spanish youths. Self-reported journey time for walking is comparable to Google MapsTM in adolescents but not in children.
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- 2017
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