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. 2013 Jul 1;2013:720368. doi: 10.1155/2013/720368

Table 4.

Reliability demonstrated by intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the teacher outcomes and internal consistency for the teacher scores.

Score Reliability data Median (interquartile range) N Target score/response
ICC 95% CI Cronbach's alpha Time 1 Time 2
Child exposure
Healthy eating 0.86** 0.67–0.94 0.61 9 (6–10) 9 (7–12) 20 ≥15 (weekly, some, agree as relevant)
Fruit and vegetables 0.77** 0.52–0.90 0.91 7.5 (5–11) 7 (5–13) 22 ≥16 (weekly each item)
Physical activity 0.67** 0.38–0.84 0.58 21.5 (19–26) 22 (19–25) 23 ≥30 (weekly, some, agree as relevant)
Water 0.82** 0.63–0.91 N/A 5 (4-5) 5 (5-5) 26 Used daily

Teacher skills/attitudes
Healthy eating 0.71** 0.40–0.88 0.60 (n = 24) 4 (4–6) 5 (5-5) 24 ≥7 (some, yes as relevant)
Fruit and vegetable 0.61** 0.30–0.80 0.11 23 (21–24) 22 (22-23) 26 ≥24 (agree each item)
Physical activity 0.56* 0.11–0.82 0.22 (n = 23) 25 (24–27) 24 (23–26) 16 ≥27 (some, yes, agree as relevant)

School environment
0.67** 0.39–0.84 N/A 3 (2-3) 3 (2-3) 26 Agree

Teacher knowledge
Fruit 0.42* 0.05–0.67 N/A 2 (2-3) 2 (2-3) 27 1-2 serves
Vegetable 0.63** 0.33–0.81 N/A 3 (2-3) 3 (3-3) 27 3–5 serves
Screen time 0.53* 0.20–0.76 N/A 2 (1-2) 2 (2-2) 27 2 hours
Physical activity 0.81** 0.63–0.91 N/A 3 (2-3) 2 (2-2) 27 60 minutes

 *P < 0.05.

 **P < 0.001.

N/A: not applicable.