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ArticleInternational journal of obesity supplements2015

Development and reliability of an audit tool to assess the school physical activity environment across 12 countries.

S T Broyles, K T Drazba, T S Church, J-P Chaput, M Fogelholm, G Hu, R Kuriyan, A Kurpad, E V Lambert, C Maher and 10 more

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Article in International journal of obesity supplements, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 12 institutions in 11 countries.

S T BroylesPennington Biomedical Research Center , Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
K T DrazbaPennington Biomedical Research Center , Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
T S ChurchPennington Biomedical Research Center , Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
J-P ChaputChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute , Ottawa, ON, Canada.
M FogelholmDepartment of Food and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki , Helsinki, Finland.
G HuPennington Biomedical Research Center , Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
R KuriyanSt Johns Research Institute , Bangalore, India.
A KurpadSt Johns Research Institute , Bangalore, India.
E V LambertDivision of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town , Cape Town, South Africa.
C MaherAlliance for Research in Exercise Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia , Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
J MaiaCIFI2D, Faculdade de Desporto, University of Porto , Porto, Portugal.
V MatsudoCentro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul , Sao Paulo, Brazil.
T OldsAlliance for Research in Exercise Nutrition and Activity (ARENA), School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia , Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
V OnyweraDepartment of Recreation Management and Exercise Science, Kenyatta University , Nairobi, Kenya.
O L SarmientoSchool of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes , Bogota, Colombia.
M StandageDepartment for Health, University of Bath , Bath, UK.
M S TremblayChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute , Ottawa, ON, Canada.
C Tudor-LockePennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; Department of Kinesiology, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA.
P ZhaoTianjin Women's and Children's Health Center , Tianjin, China.
P T KatzmarzykPennington Biomedical Research Center , Baton Rouge, LA, USA.
Pennington Biomedical Research Center · USChildren's Hospital of Eastern Ontario · CAUniversity of South Australia · AUAmherst College · USCentro de Estudos do Laboratório de Aptidão Física de São Caetano do Sul · BRKenyatta University · KETianjin Children's Hospital · CNUniversidad de Los Andes · COUniversidade do Porto · PTUniversity of Bath · GBUniversity of Cape Town · ZAUniversity of Helsinki · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesSchools are an important setting to enable and promote physical activity. Researchers have created a variety of tools to perform objective environmental assessments (or 'audits') of other settings, such as neighborhoods and parks; yet, methods to assess the school physical activity environment are less common. The purpose of this study is to describe the approach used to objectively measure the school physical activity environment across 12 countries representing all inhabited continents, and to report on the reliability and feasibility of this methodology across these diverse settings.

methodsThe International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE) school audit tool (ISAT) data collection required an in-depth training (including field practice and certification) and was facilitated by various supporting materials. Certified data collectors used the ISAT to assess the environment of all schools enrolled in ISCOLE. Sites completed a reliability audit (simultaneous audits by two independent, certified data collectors) for a minimum of two schools or at least 5% of their school sample. Item-level agreement between data collectors was assessed with both the kappa statistic and percent agreement. Inter-rater reliability of school summary scores was measured using the intraclass correlation coefficient.

resultsAcross the 12 sites, 256 schools participated in ISCOLE. Reliability audits were conducted at 53 schools (20.7% of the sample). For the assessed environmental features, inter-rater reliability (kappa) ranged from 0.37 to 0.96; 18 items (42%) were assessed with almost perfect reliability (κ=0.80-0.96), and a further 24 items (56%) were assessed with substantial reliability (κ=0.61-0.79). Likewise, scores that summarized a school's support for physical activity were highly reliable, with the exception of scores assessing aesthetics and perceived suitability of the school grounds for sport, informal games and general play.

conclusionsThis study suggests that the ISAT can be used to conduct reliable objective audits of the school physical activity environment across diverse, international school settings.

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PMCPMC4850618
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