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. 2014 Feb 3;11:12. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-12

Table 4.

Comparison of adolescent’s time spent in active and sedentary behaviors by location and purpose using previous day recall and direct observation

Total Direct observation
Previous-day recall vs. direct observation
N Minutes
% Agree (Kappa) Bias (95% CI) ICC (95% CI)
Mean (SD)
Active
 
 
 
 
 
Total
26
81.9 (47.6)
76.9% (0.54)
-3.6 (-18.5, 11.3)
0.73 (0.48, 0.87)*
Home
24
37.9 (33.8)
65.4% (0.20)
-12.1 (-24.4, 0.1)
0.62 (0.32, 0.81)*
Work/School
5
41.6 (71.3)
80.8% (0.20)+
-4.0 (-17.7, 9.8)
0.10 (-0.31, 0.46)
Community
19
53.3 (39.5)
84.6% (0.57)+
11.3 (-7.2, 29.7)
0.61 (0.31, 0.80)*
Household activity
25
22.9 (31.5)
65.4% (0.12)
6.3 (-10.1, 22.8)
0.56 (0.23, 0.77)*
Work
2
46.9 (60.6)
92.3% (#)
-6.3 (-15.0, 2.5)
NA
Education
4
31.0 (61.5)
88.5% (0.36)+
-4.2 (-12.4, 3.9)
0.24 (-0.15, 0.57)
Transportation
14
7.3 (5.8)
53.8% (0.12)
-2.5 (-4.6, -0.3)*
0.37 (0.01, 0.65)*
Leisure
26
47.6 (38.1)
84.6% (#)
4.2 (-9.6, 17.9)
0.69 (0.43, 0.85)*
Sedentary
 
 
 
 
 
Total
26
139.0 (63.8)
94.9% (0.90)+
28.0 (16.4, 39.6)*
0.83 (0.34, 0.92)*
Home
24
90.4 (70.3)
100% (1.00)+
32.2 (20.4, 44.1)*
0.85 (0.25, 0.95)*
Work/School
3
76.6 (46.2)
80.1% (0.34)+
0.0 (-13.0, 13.0)
0.37 (-0.03, 0.66)*
Community
15
81.0 (57.1)
96.2% (0.92)+
-4.7 (-18.1, 8.7)
0.86 (0.71, 0.93)*
Household activity
25
14.6 (10.3)
84.6% (0.29)+
8.4 (1.5, 15.2)*
0.33 (0.02, 0.62)*
Work
1
65.5 (NA)
96.2% (#)
-4.4 (-10.8, 2.0)
NA
Education
4
76.1 (50.0)
84.6% (0.26)+
-0.6 (-11.3, 10.1)
0.75 (0.52, 0.88)*
Transportation
13
21.0 (14.5)
100% (1.00)+
4.4 (-1.2, 10.1)
0.70 (0.43, 0.85)*
Leisure 26 100.2 (57.4) 96.2% (#) 37.0 (0.2, 73.8)* 0.55 (0.18, 0.78)*

Note: N is number of segments in which the behavior was observed for at least 1 minute. ICC is intraclass correlation *indicates statistical significance at p < 0.05, #indicates the Kappa was not computable; +indicates agreement is not by chance according to McNemar Test.