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ArticleBMC public health2018

Development of a measurement approach to assess time children participate in organized sport, active travel, outdoor active play, and curriculum-based physical activity.

Michael M Borghese, Ian Janssen

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Article in BMC public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Scoping review of children's and youth's outdoor play publications in Canada.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2023
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  6. Duration and intensity of different types of physical activity among children aged 10-13 years.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael M BorgheseSchool of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, 28 Division St, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada.
Ian JanssenSchool of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, 28 Division St, Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6, Canada. Ian.Janssen@queensu.ca.
Queen's University · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundChildren participate in four main types of physical activity: organized sport, active travel, outdoor active play, and curriculum-based physical activity. The objective of this study was to develop a valid approach that can be used to concurrently measure time spent in each of these types of physical activity.

methodsTwo samples (sample 1: n = 50; sample 2: n = 83) of children aged 10-13 wore an accelerometer and a GPS watch continuously over 7 days. They also completed a log where they recorded the start and end times of organized sport sessions. Sample 1 also completed an outdoor time log where they recorded the times they went outdoors and a description of the outdoor activity. Sample 2 also completed a curriculum log where they recorded times they participated in physical activity (e.g., physical education) during class time.

resultsWe describe the development of a measurement approach that can be used to concurrently assess the time children spend participating in specific types of physical activity. The approach uses a combination of data from accelerometers, GPS, and activity logs and relies on merging and then processing these data using several manual (e.g., data checks and cleaning) and automated (e.g., algorithms) procedures. In the new measurement approach time spent in organized sport is estimated using the activity log. Time spent in active travel is estimated using an existing algorithm that uses GPS data. Time spent in outdoor active play is estimated using an algorithm (with a sensitivity and specificity of 85%) that was developed using data collected in sample 1 and which uses all of the data sources. Time spent in curriculum-based physical activity is estimated using an algorithm (with a sensitivity of 78% and specificity of 92%) that was developed using data collected in sample 2 and which uses accelerometer data collected during class time. There was evidence of excellent intra- and inter-rater reliability of the estimates for all of these types of physical activity when the manual steps were duplicated.

conclusionsThis novel measurement approach can be used to estimate the time that children participate in different types of physical activity.

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CurriculumExerciseAdolescentChildFemaleHumansMalePhysical Education and TrainingReproducibility of ResultsSportsTravelActive transportationMovement behaviorsPhysical educationPlaySpatial behaviorYouth sport

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PMID29566665
PMCPMC5865369
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