Table 3.
Methodological quality and measurement properties of studies on reliability
|
Source |
Dimensions of environmental construct (number of items) |
Internal consistency |
Test-retest reliability |
Inter-rater reliability |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results | MQS | Interval [days] | Results | MQS | Results | ||
| Dunton et al. [37] |
availability of community exercise facilities (26) |
not assessed |
|
|
not assessed |
29 |
n.s. |
| Durant et al. [38] |
1. environmental barriers to PA in local parks (5) |
α = 0.71 - 0.81 |
38 |
27 |
ICC = 0.48 - 0.58 |
|
not assessed |
| 2. safety barriers to PA in local parks (6) |
α = 0.64 - 0.70 |
ICC = 0.57 - 0.76 |
|
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| 3. environmental barriers to PA in neighbourhood streets (5) |
α = 0.80 - 0.87 |
ICC = 0.49 - 0.61 |
|
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| 4. safety barriers to PA in neighbourhood streets (5) |
α = 0.67 - 0.76 |
ICC = 0.63 - 0.67 |
|
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| Dwyer et al. [45] |
perception of neighbourhood (8) |
not assessed |
33 |
7-14 |
Κ = 0.60 - 0.90 |
|
not assessed |
| Erwin [39] |
1. neighbourhood environment (9) |
not assessed |
70 |
7-10 |
ICC = 0.86 |
|
not assessed |
| 2. convenient facilities (11) |
ICC = 0.86 |
|
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| Evenson et al. [40] |
1. safety (8) |
not assessed |
70 |
6-24 (M = 12) |
Κ = 0.37 - 0.52 |
|
not assessed |
| 2. aesthetics (4) |
Κ = 0.31 - 0.39 |
|
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| 3. facilities near the home (31) |
ICC: 0.78 |
|
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| Forman et al. [41] |
1. environmental barriers for walking and cycling to parks (17) |
α = 0.70 - 0.84 |
50 |
27 |
ICC = 0.60 - 0.74 |
|
ICC = 0.69 - 0.73 |
| 2. environmental barriers for walking and cycling to shops (17) |
α = 0.70 - 0.85 |
ICC = 0.56 - 0.75 |
29 |
ICC = 0.46 - 0.68 |
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| 3. environmental barriers for walking and cycling to school (17) |
α = 0.70 - 0.86 |
ICC = 0.60 - 0.81 |
|
ICC = 0.73 - 0.78 |
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| Huang et al. [46] |
1. safety (5) |
α = 0.71 |
70 |
10 |
ICC = 0.89 |
|
not assessed |
| 2. sports facilities (5) |
not assessed |
Κ = 0.58 - 0.70 |
|
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| Hume et al. [44] |
1. physical environment (15) |
not assessed |
60 |
up to 9 |
ICC = 0.84 |
|
not assessed |
| 2. aesthetics (9) |
α = 0.43 |
ICC = 0.72 |
|
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| 3. safety (5) |
α = 0.65 |
ICC = 0.88 |
|
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| McMinn et al. [35] |
local environment (8) |
α = 0.52 - 0.62 |
|
|
not assessed |
|
not assessed |
| Norman et al. [42] |
environment (4) |
α = 0.24 - 0.67 |
63 |
7 |
ICC = 0.60 - 0.64 |
|
not assessed |
| Ommundsen et al. [43] |
1. opportunity (3) |
α = 0.44 |
|
|
not assessed |
|
not assessed |
| 2. facility (2) |
r = 0.20 |
|
|
|
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| Pirasteh et al. [47] |
environment (4) |
α = 0.67 |
38 |
15 |
r = 0.38 |
|
not assessed |
| Rosenberg et al. [36] |
1. land use mix-diversity (20) |
α = 0.87 - 0.93 |
50 |
27 |
ICC = 0.77 - 0.87 |
29 |
ICC = 0.77 |
| 2. pedestrian and automobile traffic safety (7) |
α = 0.79 - 0.85 |
ICC = 0.66 - 0.74 |
ICC = 0.52 |
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| 3. crime safety (6) |
α = 0.87 - 0.93 |
ICC = 0.73 - 0.87 |
ICC = 0.53 |
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| 4. neighbourhood aesthetics (3) |
α = 0.75 - 0.86 |
ICC = 0.60 - 0.75 |
ICC = 0.44 |
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| 5. walking/ cycling facilities (3) |
α = 0.79 - 0.89 |
ICC = 0.66 - 0.79 |
ICC = 0.59 |
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| 6. street connectivity (3) |
α = 0.72 - 0.75 |
ICC = 0.56 - 0.61 |
ICC = 0.47 |
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| 7. land use mix-access (6) |
α = 0.72 - 0.84 |
ICC = 0.56 - 0.73 |
ICC = 0.57 |
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| 8. residential density (4) |
α = 0.77 - 0.90 |
ICC = 0.62 - 0.82 |
ICC = 0.58 |
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| 9. recreation facilities (14) | α = 0.80 - 0.84 | ICC = 0.67 - 0.73 | ICC = 0.55 | ||||
Note: PA, physical activity; α, Cronbach’s Alpha; Κ, Cohen’s kappa; ICC, Intra-class coefficient; r, correlation coefficient; n.s., not significant.