Test-retest reliability of Yale Physical Activity Survey among older Mexican American adults: a pilot investigation.
The objective of the work reported in this paper is to assess test-retest reliability of Yale Physical Activity Survey Total Time, Estimated Energy Expenditure, Activity Dimension Indices, and Activities Check-list in older Mexican American men and women. A convenience-based healthy sample of 49 (42 women and 7 men) older Mexican American adults recruited from senior recreation centers aged 68 to 80 years volunteered to participate in this pilot study. Forty-nine older Mexican American adults filled out the Yale Physical Activity Survey for this study. Fifteen (12 women and 3 men) of the 49 volunteers responded twice to the Yale Physical Activity Survey after a 2-week period, and helped assess the test-retest reliability of the Yale Physical Activity Survey. Results indicate that based on a 2-week test-retest administration, the Yale Physical Activity Survey was found to have moderate (rhoI= .424, p < .05) to good reliability (rs = .789, p < .01) for physical activity assessment in older Mexican American adults who responded.
Pennathur
Arunkumar
A
Aging Services of City of El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968-0521, USA. apennathur@utep.edu
Magham
Rohini
R
Contreras
Luis Rene
LR
Dowling
Winifred
W
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D003625:Data Collection / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans; D009043:Motor Activity; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015203:Reproducibility of Results