%0 Journal Article
%T Feasibility of a novel web-based physical activity questionnaire for young children
%A Stephanie E. Bonn
%A Pamela J. Surkan
%A Ylva Trolle Lagerros
%A Katarina B£¿lter
%J Pediatric Reports
%D 2012
%I PAGEPress Publications
%R 10.4081/pr.2012.e37
%X Accurate assessment of children¡¯s physical activity is critical in determining associations between childhood physical activity and health later in life. We have developed a web-based questionnaire, KidActive-Q, to assess physical activity in early childhood. The feasibility and reproducibility of KidActive-Q were assessed in a sample of 20 children aged 2 to 6 years. The questionnaire was distributed to parents via e-mail on two occasions. The median time required to complete KidActive-Q was 2.5 minutes. All the parents reported that the questionnaire was easy or very easy to fill. The intraclass correlations for test-retest reliability were 0.60 (95% confidence interval: 0.31-0.88) for daily time spent outdoors, and 0.85 (95% confidence interval: 0.72-0.97) for daily time watching television. Our results suggest that KidActive-Q is a user-friendly tool for assessing physical activity in early childhood. To our knowledge, this is the first web-based questionnaire specifically developed for young children.
%K children
%K epidemiology
%K internet
%K physical exercise
%U http://www.pagepress.org/journals/index.php/pr/article/view/4337