Reliability and validity of self-reported sitting and breaks from sitting in the workplace
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2018
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Sudholz, B.
Ridgers, N.D.
Mussap, A.
Bennie, J.
Timperio, A.
Salmon, J.
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Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2018; 21(7):697-701
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Objectives: Prolonged sitting is a health risk factor which is ubiquitous to the workplace, and breaking up prolonged sitting is widely recommended. This study evaluated the test-retest reliability and concurrent validity of a self-report measure of duration of sitting and breaks from sitting in the workplace.Design: Cross-sectional study.Methods: Fifty-nine workers who reported spending most of their work time sitting wore an activPAL inclinometer and the ActiGraph accelerometer for eight consecutive days, and completed single-item measures of duration of sitting (min/work hour) and breaks from sitting (frequency/per work hour), twice, seven days apart.Results: Participants reported sitting at work for a median of 420 min/day (lnterquartile Range = 360-450 min/day) and taking one break (Interquartile Range = 1.0-2.0) from sitting per work hour. For reported duration of workplace sitting, test-retest reliability was adequate (Intra-Class Correlations = 0.78, 95% Confidence Intervals [CI] = 0.65, 0.86), and concurrent validity fair against the activPAL (Spearman's Rho = 0.24, CI-1.0,0.47) and the ActiGraph (Rho = 0.39, CI=0.15, 0.68). For reported breaks from sitting (frequency/per work hour), test-retest reliability was adequate (Intra-Class Correlations = 0.65, CI = 0.48, 0.78) and concurrent validity fair against the activPAL (Spearman's Rho = 0.39, CI = 0.25, 0.74) and the ActiGraph (Spearman's Rho = 0.30, CI = 0.15, 0.69). Self-reported duration of sitting was biased toward over-reporting compared to the activPAL (median = 45.4 min) and under-reporting compared to the ActiGraph (median = 21.7 min).Conclusions: This study found adequate reliability and fair validity for self-reported duration of sitting (min/work day) and breaks from sitting (frequency/per work hour). Further validity research is needed using the inclinometer. (C) 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of Sports Medicine Australia.
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Link to a related website: https://unpaywall.org/10.1016/j.jsams.2017.10.030, Open Access via Unpaywall
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Copyright 2018 Elsevier