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Table 3 Comparison of adults time spent in active and sedentary behaviors by location and purpose using previous day recall and direct observation

From: Validation of a previous day recall for measuring the location and purpose of active and sedentary behaviors compared to direct observation

 

Direct observation

Previous-day recall vs. Direct observation

N

Minutes

% Agree (Kappa)

Bias (95% CI)

ICC (95% CI)

Mean (SD)

Active

     

Total

27

92.9 (63.4)

92.6% (0.72)+

9.1 (-13.3, 31.5)

0.78 (0.58, 0.89)*

Home

19

52.3 (55.0)

88.9% (0.72)+

-1.6 (-11.5, 8.3)

0.92 (0.84, 0.96)*

Work/School

16

71.0 (64.3)

88.9% (0.78)+

5.3 (-12.9, 23.5)

0.83 (0.66, 0.92)*

Community

20

18.9 (18.5)

74.1% (0.49)+

5.7 (-7.8, 19.2)

0.28 (-0.12, 0.59)

Household activity

26

34.1 (41.3)

81.5% (0.24)+

5.1 (-3.2, 13.4)

0.88 (0.76, 0.94)*

Work

16

62.6 (60.9)

85.2% (0.71)+

0.6 (-16.6, 17.9)

0.83 (0.65, 0.92)*

Education

3

5.3 (6.2)

85.2% (-0.06)+

9.1 (-10.7, 28.9)

-0.01 (-0.39, 0.37)

Transportation

14

7.7 (8.1)

63.0% (0.27)+

-1.0 (-4.7, 2.6)

-0.08 (-046, 0.31)

Leisure

22

22.6 (20.0)

59.3% (0.27)

6.1 (-8.1, 20.3)

0.51 (0.18, 0.74)*

Sedentary

     

Total

27

133.9 (76.0)

100% (0.72)+

19.8 (-1.3, 41.0)

0.79 (0.58, 0.90)*

Home

18

59.8 (43.6)

85.2% (0.67)+

5.2 (-3.3, 13.8)

0.90 (0.80, 0.95)*

Work/School

14

130.7 (89.7)

88.9% (0.78)+

9.9 (-9.9, 29.7)

0.87 (0.73, 0.94)*

Community

18

39.5 (44.5)

85.2% (0.67)+

6.1 (-3.8, 16.0)

0.92 (0.84, 0.96)*

Household activity

26

20.7 (19.8)

88.9% (0.36)+

5.5 (-8.5, 19.6)

0.58 (0.26, 0.78)*

Work

16

108.4 (76.5)

81.5% (0.64)+

8.3 (-12.8, 29.4)

0.82 (0.64, 0.91)*

Education

4

51.7 (35.1)

92.6% (0.63)+

-6.0 (-12.4, 0.4)

0.44 (0.10, 0.70)*

Transportation

18

19.7 (11.2)

92.6% (0.83)+

1.1 (-3.0, 5.2)

0.81 (0.62, 0.91)*

Leisure

19

41.2 (38.8)

74.1% (0.47)+

0.1 (-20.0, 20.2)

0.63 (0.33, 0.81)*

  1. Note: N is number of segments in which the location/purpose was observed for at least 1 minute. ICC is intraclass correlation.
  2. *Indicates statistical significance at p < 0.05, #indicates the Kappa was not computable. +indicates agreement is not by chance according to McNemar Test.