Physical activity questionnaire for older children (PAQ-C): Arabic translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and psychometric validation in school-aged children in Saudi Arabia

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Mohamed Sherif Sirajudeen¹  Mohamed Waly²  Dilshad Manzar³  Mazen Alqahtani¹  Msaad Alzhrani¹  Ahmad Alanazi¹  Radhakrishnan Unnikrishnan¹  Hariraja Muthusamy¹  Rashmi Saibannavar¹  Wafa Alrubaia¹ 

[1] Department of Physical Therapy and Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University;Department of Medical Equipment Technology, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University;Department of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University

关键词: Exercise;    Adolescent;    Obesity;    Reliability;    Factor analysis;    Middle East;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.13237

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

The validity of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) has been mostly studied in North America and Europe. We investigated the psychometric validation of the Arabic version of the PAQ-C in students in Saudi Arabia. The students (n0.5), Bartlett’s test of sphericity (p 40%)); whereas, the scree test and the Monte Carlo parallel analysis favored a 1-factor structure. The confirmatory factor analysis favored a 1-factor solution: highest CFI, lowest RMSEA, non-significant χ2 statistics, and lowest χ2/df. The values of item-total correlation, corrected item-total correlation, and Cronbach’s alpha if an item was deleted, ranged from 0.20–0.57, 0.42–0.64, and 0.70–0.75, respectively. The PAQ-C showed a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.74. A 1-factor structure of the Arabic version of the PAQ-C had adequate psychometric validity in schoolchildren in Saudi Arabia.

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