ArticlePublic health nutrition2014
Test-retest reliability and construct validity of the DOiT (Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers) questionnaire: measuring energy balance-related behaviours in Dutch adolescents.
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- The Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers (DOiT) cluster controlled implementation trial: intervention effects and mediators and moderators of adiposity and energy balance-related behaviours.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2014Trial
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- Building community capacity to stimulate physical activity and dietary behavior in Dutch secondary schools: Evaluation of the FLASH intervention using the REAIM framework.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Improving Physical Activity Levels in Prevocational Students by Student Participation: Protocol for a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2021Article
- Co-designing obesity prevention interventions together with children: intervention mapping meets youth-led participatory action research.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Article
- Background and evaluation design of a community-based health-promoting school intervention: Fit Lifestyle at School and at Home (FLASH).BMC public health · 2019Article
- Kids in Action: the protocol of a Youth Participatory Action Research project to promote physical activity and dietary behaviour.BMJ open · 2019Article
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- Development and Evaluation of the Implementation of Guidelines for Healthier Canteens in Dutch Secondary Schools: Study Protocol of a Quasi-Experimental Trial.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
- Exploring facilitating factors and barriers to the nationwide dissemination of a Dutch school-based obesity prevention program "DOiT": a study protocol.BMC public health · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectiveAdequate assessment of energy balance-related behaviours in adolescents is essential to develop and evaluate effective obesity prevention programmes. The present study examined the test-retest reliability and construct validity of a questionnaire assessing energy balance-related behaviours in adolescents during the evaluation of the DOiT (Dutch Obesity Intervention in Teenagers) intervention.
designTo assess test-retest reliability, adolescents filled in the questionnaire twice (n 111). To assess construct validity, the results from the first test were compared with data collected in a personal cognitive interview (n 20, independent from the reliability study). For both reliability and validity, intraclass correlation coefficients for continuous data or Cohen's kappa coefficients for categorical data were calculated as well as percentage agreement.
settingData were collected during school time from February to May 2010. SUBJECTS: Study participants were Dutch adolescents aged 12-14 years attending pre-vocational secondary schools.
resultsIn more than three-quarters of the ninety-five questionnaire items the test-retest reliability appeared to be good to excellent. Moderate reliability was found for all other twenty-one items. Fifty-one items (of ninety-five items) showed good to excellent construct validity. Construct validity appeared moderate in twenty-three items and poor in twenty-one items. Most items with poor construct validity concerned consumption of sugar-containing beverages and high-energy snacks/sweets.
conclusionsOur study showed good test-retest reliability and largely moderate to good construct validity for the majority of items of the DOiT questionnaire. Items with poor construct validity (most of them found for items concerning energy intake-related behaviours) should be revised and tested again to improve the questionnaire for future use.
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