Table 1. Test-retest reliability of the SQUASH in healthy elderly (n = 36).
Item | Mean activity score |
Mean activity score |
Spearman correlation |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
First test | Retest | Coefficient | ||
All items together | 5,773± 4,380 | 5,580± 3,098 | 0.52 | ** |
Commuting | ||||
Walking | 79± 240 | 82± 209 | 0.77 | ** |
Bicycle | 107± 234 | 116± 251 | 0.83 | ** |
Work | ||||
Light | 477± 748 | 1,313± 1,512 | 0.61 | ** |
Intense | 688± 1,829 | 417± 1,072 | 0.65 | ** |
Household | ||||
Light | 1,236± 1,097 | 1,147± 1,209 | 0.71 | ** |
Intense | 404± 576 | 596± 1,025 | 0.27 | |
Leisure time | ||||
Walking | 308± 611 | 168± 415 | 0.48 | ** |
Bicycle | 279± 700 | 196± 524 | 0.65 | ** |
Gardening | 874± 2,248 | 300± 500 | 0.59 | ** |
Odd jobs | 301± 929 | 264± 516 | 0.49 | ** |
Sports | 1,022± 3,466 | 982± 2,626 | 0.95 | ** |
All items are expressed as activity scores per week (mean ± SD).
The retest was conducted about 3 weeks after the first test. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01