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. 2010 Aug 10;10:73. doi: 10.1186/1471-2288-10-73

Table 4.

ICC for HBSC survey questionnaire items about physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep by gender and age (n = 95)

All (n = 95) Girls (n = 44) Boys (n = 51) 11 years (n = 44) 15 years (n = 51)





Items ICC 95% CI ICC 95% CI ICC 95% CI ICC 95% CI ICC 95% CI
Physical Activity
MVPA in the last 7 days 0.82 0.74-0.88 0.87 0.77-0.93 0.79 0.66-0.88 0.81 0.67-0.89 0.79 0.66-0.88
MVPA in the usual week 0.74 0.64-0.82 0.76 0.60-0.86 0.73 0.57-0.83 0.77 0.61-0.87 0.71 0.54-0.82
VPA frequency 0.68 0.55-0.77 0.73 0.56-0.85 0.61 0.41-0.76 0.72 0.54-0.84 0.62 0.42-0.76
VPA time per week 0.57 0.42-0.66 0.66 0.45-0.80 0.50 0.27-0.68 0.58 0.35-0.75 0.56 0.34-0.72
Sedentary Behaviour
Watching TV on school days 0.72 0.61-0.81 0.91* 0.83-0.95 0.51 0.28-0.69 0.86 0.76-0.92 0.57 0.36-0.73
Watching TV at weekends 0.74 0.63-0.83 0.77 0.62-0.87 0.70 0.53-0.82 0.80 0.66-0.89 0.68 0.49-0.80
Playing PC or console games on school days 0.54 0.38-0.67 0.56 0.32-0.73 0.53 0.30-0.70 0.56 0.32-0.73 0.52 0.29-0.70
Playing PC or console games at weekends 0.69 0.57-0.78 0.47* 0.20-0.67 0.83 0.72-0.90 0.79 0.64-0.88 0.57 0.35-0.73
Using PC on school days 0.33 0.14-0.50 0.19 -0.11-0.46 0.45 0.20-0.64 0.38 0.10-0.60 0.28 0.01-0.51
Using PC at weekends 0.50 0.33-0.64 0.37 0.09-0.60 0.58 0.36-0.73 0.83 0.71-0.90 0.16 -0.12-0.41
Doing homework on school days 0.78 0.68-0.85 0.81 0.68-0.89 0.74 0.59-0.85 0.75 0.59-0.86 0.73 0.57-0.84
Doing homework at weekends 0.73 0.62-0.82 0.69 0.49-0.82 0.76 0.62-0.86 0.54 0.29-0.72 0.79 0.65-0.87
Sleep
When go to bed on school days 0.75 0.65-0.83 0.76 0.60-0.86 0.73 0.57-0.84 0.68 0.48-0.81 0.60 0.39-0.75
When go to bed at weekends 0.64 0.50-0.67 0.64 0.43-0.79 0.62 0.41-0.76 0.51 0.26-0.70 0.58 0.36-0.74
When wake up on school mornings 0.77 0.68-0.84 0.79 0.65-0.88 0.76 0.62-0.86 0.81 0.68-0.89 0.73 0.57-0.84
When wake up at weekends 0.83 0.75-0.88 0.82 0.69-0.90 0.84 0.73-0.90 0.85 0.74-0.92 0.78 0.65-0.87

ICC = Single measure intraclass correlation coefficient

HBSC = Health Behaviour in School-aged Children

* Significant difference between genders (p < 0.05)

Significant difference between age groups (p < 0.05)