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Table 3 Reliability and validity evidence for continuous physical activity environment variables

From: Development of HomeSTEAD’s physical activity and screen time physical environment inventory

 

Means

Reliability (Time 1, 2, and 3) ICC1

Validity (Time 2 vs. OBS)

Label

Score

Time 1

Time 2

Time 3

OBS

N

Corr

Mean comp (p-value)

Adult physical activity equipment

  Number of types

0-15

5.8

5.8

5.8

4.0

0.94 (0.92, 0.95)

114

0.79

0.000

  Condition: Good to Broken

1-4

1.1

1.1

1.10

1.1

0.66 (0.58, 0.74)

99

0.27

0.957

  Number in “Good Condition”

0-15

5.1

5.3

5.3

3.7

0.92 (0.90, 0.94)

114

0.79

0.000

  Accessibility: Easy to Hard

1-4

1.5

1.4

1.4

1.9

0.67 (0.59, 0.74)

98

0.30

0.000

  Number “Easy to Access”

0-15

4.1

4.3

4.1

1.9

0.82 (0.77, 0.86)

114

0.52

0.000

Fixed play equipment

  Number of types

0-8

2.1

2.1

2.3

2.0

0.89 (0.86, 0.92)

113

0.87

0.494

  Condition: Good to Broken

1-4

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.1

0.84 (0.78, 0.89)

63

0.63

0.352

  Number in “Good Condition”

0-8

1.8

1.9

2.0

1.8

0.91 (0.88, 0.93)

114

0.82

0.821

  Accessibility: Easy to Hard

1-4

1.4

1.4

1.3

1.2

0.85 (0.80, 0.90)

62

0.84

0.205

  Number “Easy to Access”

0-8

1.9

1.9

1.9

1.7

0.92 (0.90, 0.94)

114

0.87

0.559

Portable play equipment

  Number of types

0-23

10.9

11.0

11.0

8.9

0.93 (0.91, 0.95)

113

0.81

0.001

  Condition: Good to Broken

1-4

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.1

0.24 (0.13, 0.35)

111

-0.03

0.420

  Number in “Good Condition”

0-23

9.5

10.0

9.7

8.1

0.86 (0.82, 0.89)

114

0.75

0.001

  Accessibility: Easy to Hard

1-4

1.6

1.5

1.5

1.6

0.66 (0.58, 0.74)

108

0.26

0.093

  Number “Easy to Access”

0-23

7.1

7.5

7.4

5.3

0.80 (0.74, 0.85)

114

0.58

0.000

Television

  Number of TVs in home

Open

2.2

2.3

2.3

2.3

0.97 (0.97, 0.98)

112

0.93

0.935

  Average TV size (inches)

24-60

34.4

34.9

35.1

34.3

0.92 (0.89, 0.94)

107

0.75

0.575

  Number of TVs with cable

0-6

1.8

1.7

1.8

1.8

0.95 (0.93, 0.96)

104

0.93

0.864

Video games

  Number of VG types

0-6

1.0

1.1

1.1

1.1

0.89 (0.86, 0.92)

113

0.76

0.930

  Number of VGs

Open

8.0

8.6

9.4

10.7

0.83 (0.78, 0.87)

113

0.70

0.192

  Number of VG child is allowed to use

0-6

0.7

0.8

0.8

0.8

0.68 (0.60, 0.75)

114

0.58

0.768

Computers

  Number of computers in home

Open

2.2

2.2

2.2

2.2

0.97 (0.96, 0.98)

111

0.81

0.971

  Number of computers child is allowed to use

0-5

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.3

0.78 (0.73, 0.84)

114

0.57

0.403

Portable electronic devices

  Number of PED types

0-7

1.3

1.4

1.3

1.3

0.85 (0.80, 0.89)

113

0.76

0.733

  Number of PEDs

0-63

1.7

1.9

1.8

1.7

0.75 (0.68, 0.81)

113

0.65

0.358

  Number of PEDs child is allowed to use

0-7

1.0

0.9

1.0

1.0

0.75 (0.68, 0.81)

114

0.69

0.711

  Number of PEDs in child room

0-19

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.3

0.68 (0.59, 0.75)

114

0.45

0.553

Use of VG in Car: Never to always

  Average score for all car trips

1-5

1.8

1.9

2.0

 

0.78 (0.70, 0.85)

   

  Long car trips (>60 minutes)

1-5

2.0

2.5

2.5

 

0.76 (0.67, 0.84)

   

  Short car trips (≤30 minutes)

1-5

1.7

1.5

1.6

 

0.68 (0.57, 0.78)

   

Use of TV/videos in Car: Never to always)

  Average score for all car trips

1-5

2.1

2.1

2.3

 

0.74 (0.66, 0.81)

   

  Long car trips (>60 minutes)

1-5

2.8

2.9

3.1

 

0.72 (0.63, 0.80)

   

  Short car trips (≤30 minutes)

1-5

1.5

1.5

1.5

 

0.89 (0.85, 0.92)

   

Yard

Size of yard (none to large)

0-5

3.8

3.7

3.7

2.8

0.87 (0.83, 0.90)

109

0.31

0.000

Yard space allows for vigorous physical activity (none to a lot)

1-6

4.7

4.8

4.7

4.5

0.80 (0.74, 0.85)

112

0.48

0.064

Amount of portable play equipment in yard (none to a lot)

1-6

2.7

2.7

2.9

2.2

0.72 (0.65, 0.78)

112

0.45

0.010

Number of dogs

Open

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.79 (0.74, 0.85)

109

0.97

0.999

How often child play outside with dog (never to very often)

1-5

2.5

2.5

2.5

 

0.88 (0.84, 0.91)

   

Number of natural elements

0-15

7.8

8.0

8.2

6.1

0.86 (0.82, 0.90)

113

0.42

0.000

  1. OBS Observation.
  2. Corr Pearson correlation.
  3. Mean comp (p-values) = P value for the mean comparison.