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Table 3 Reliability and validity estimates for Food environment items from the HHS

From: Reliability and validity of the Healthy Home Survey: A tool to measure factors within homes hypothesized to relate to overweight in children

 

Reliability

Validity

 

n

%Agree

Kappa (95% CI)

PABAK1

Ppos

Pneg

n

%Agree

Kappa (95% CI)

PABAKa

SEN

SPEC

Fruit in view

44

81.8

0.49 (0.19–0.79)

 

0.88

0.60

78

78.2

0.32 (0.06–0.57)

 

0.89

0.41

Vegetables ready to eat

43

79.1

0.57 (0.32–0.82)

 

0.82

0.74

74

75.7

0.43 (0.22–0.65)

 

0.79

0.67

TV in view of dining area

45

91.1

0.82 (0.65–0.99)

 

0.92

0.90

78

78.2

0.57 (0.38–0.75)

 

0.82

0.75

Adequate counter space

45

97.8

0.88 (0.64–1.00)

0.96

0.99

0.89

78

92.3

0.22 (-0.18–0.62)

0.85

0.99

0.17

Access to candy

43

86.0

0.72 (0.52–0.93)

 

0.87

0.83

73

60.3

0.22 (0.00–0.43)

 

0.57

0.68

Access to soda

41

85.4

0.71 (0.49–0.92)

 

0.83

0.82

65

61.5

0.26 (0.06–0.47)

 

0.54

0.77

Access to sweet snacks

44

81.8

0.62 (0.39–0.85)

 

0.77

0.85

78

65.4

0.29 (0.10–0.49)

 

0.63

0.73

Access to savory snacks

44

84.1

0.68 (0.47–0.90)

 

0.84

0.84

78

57.7

0.07 (-0.15–0.29)

 

0.63

0.45

  1. 1 Adjusted Kappa (PABAK) used if prevalence ≥85%; Ppos = proportion of positive agreement; Pneg = proportion of negative agreement; SEN = sensitivity (proportion of those reporting YES confirmed as YES by the home visit); SPE = specificity (proportion of those reporting NO confirmed as NO by the home visit); CI = confidence interval