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Laura García-Cervantes1, David Martinez-Gomez2, Gabriel Rodriguez-Romo3
1Department of Physical Education, Sport and Human Movement, Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid.. laura.garciac@uam.es.
Introduction:
Previous studies suggest that the physical environment is associated with youth physical activity levels.
Objective:
The present study aimed at assessing the reliability and validity of an adapted version of the ALPHA environmental questionnaire (short version) to adults for application with Spanish youth.
Methods:
The reliability was evaluated in a sample (n = 190, 80 girls, 14.08 ± 1.38 years) using the Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) and Weighted kappa. In other sample (n = 140, 61 girls, 13.03 ± 1.40 years) the validity was assessed using the Spearman correlation (rho) for its association with self-reported and objective (accelerometers) physical activity (PA).
Results:
The test-retest reliability showed ICC = 0.69 for the total questionnaire score, ranging from k = 0.42 to 0.77 for individual items. The total score showed significant correlations with PA reported by PACE questionnaire (rho = 0.18, p = 0.040), the Finnish Physical Activity Index (rho = 0.26, p = 0.002) and active commuting for girls (rho = 0.34, p = 0.010), as well as vigorous PA measured by accelerometry (rho = 0.18, p = 0.038).
Discussion:
The adapted version of the ALPHA environmental questionnaire has moderate to good reliability and acceptable validity to assess environmental factors that may influence PA in youth.
