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Validity and Reliability of Firefighting Simulation Test Performance
- Source :
- Stevenson, R D M, Siddall, A G, Turner, P J F & Bilzon, J L J 2019, ' Validity and Reliability of Firefighting Simulation Test Performance ', Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 479-483 . https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001583
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2019.
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Abstract
- OBJECTIVE: To assess the validity and reliability of a firefighting simulation test (FFST). METHODS: Sixty-nine operational firefighters completed a best-effort FFST on one occasion and 22 participants completed a further FFST. All participants completed a maximal treadmill test to determine cardiorespiratory fitness (VO2max). RESULTS: Time to complete the FFST demonstrated a strong inverse relationship with VO2max (r = -0.73), although the prediction error was high. Reliability of the FFST was high (r = 0.84, P = 0.01), demonstrating a coefficient of variation of 4.5%. CONCLUSIONS: The FFST demonstrated reasonable validity as a surrogate assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness for firefighting. The FFST also demonstrated good reliability. Given the apparent magnitude of the prediction error, the FFST would be best used as a training tool, rather than as a primary means of assessing cardiorespiratory fitness for firefighting.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Physical fitness
Validity
Firefighting
Q1
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Task Performance and Analysis
medicine
Humans
Treadmill
Simulation Training
Reliability (statistics)
Simulation test
business.industry
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Reproducibility of Results
Cardiorespiratory fitness
Middle Aged
QP
United Kingdom
Test (assessment)
Physical Fitness
Firefighters
Physical therapy
Female
business
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 15365948
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Stevenson, R D M, Siddall, A G, Turner, P J F & Bilzon, J L J 2019, ' Validity and Reliability of Firefighting Simulation Test Performance ', Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 479-483 . https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001583
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e9fa0329440e11811f1891bdcc5d3de6