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. 2016 Aug 5;26(8):405–412. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20150169

Table 3. Criterion validity of values measured by each questionnaire method compared with values measured by the activPAL.

  Time 1a Time 2b


Spearman’s ρ Kappa coefficientc Spearman’s ρ Kappa coefficientc




T-method P-method T-method P-method T-method P-method T-method P-method
Workday                
 During working time                
  Sitting 0.52* 0.59* 0.39* 0.44* 0.56* 0.65* 0.41* 0.44*
  Walking/Standing 0.56* 0.56* 0.38* 0.35* 0.58* 0.60* 0.40* 0.45*
 During non-working timed                
  Sitting 0.55* 0.57* 0.43* 0.36* 0.51* 0.60* 0.36* 0.41*
  Walking/Standing 0.58* 0.61* 0.35* 0.40* 0.57* 0.61* 0.39* 0.45*
Non-workdaye                
  Sitting 0.25 0.42* 0.13 0.23* 0.37* 0.53* 0.28* 0.32*
  Walking/Standing 0.30* 0.45* 0.16* 0.21* 0.45* 0.60* 0.31* 0.34*

T-method, time method (questionnaire); P-method, percentage method (questionnaire).

aTime 1: Subjects completed the questionnaire before the activPAL measurements.

bTime 2: Subjects completed the questionnaire after the activPAL measurements.

cParticipants were classified into four groups using quartile points.

dExcluding working, commuting, and sleeping time.

eExcluding sleeping time.

*P < 0.05.