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Youth Leisure-Time Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (YLSBQ): Reliability and Validity in Colombian University Students.

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2021-07-16

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Atencio-Osorio, Miguel Alejandro
Carrillo-Arango, Hugo Alejandro
Correa-Rodriguez, María
Rivera, Diego
Castro-Piñero, Jose
Ramirez-Velez, Robinson

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Sedentary behavior (SB) is influenced by variations in social, cultural and economic contexts. This study assesses the test-retest reliability and validity of the Youth Leisure-time Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (YLSBQ), a self-report tool that examines total and domain-specific SB in a cohort of young adults from Colombia. A cross-sectional validation study was conducted among 447 Colombian college students (52.8% men; mean (± standard deviation) age of 19.55 ± 2.54 years). To assess the reliability of the YLSBQ, Kappa statistics (k) were used. A confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was conducted to determine validity. The Cronbach alpha for the 12 behaviors of the YLSBQ showed a good-to-excellent internal consistency (0.867, ranging from 0.715-0.935). Intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) indicated that 10 items (83.0%) and two items (17.0%) showed excellent and good reliability, respectively. Furthermore, ICC between the total sedentary time was 0.926 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.912 - 0.939), which was interpreted as excellent. The goodness-of-fit tests provided evidence that overall, a four-factor solution was an adequate fit with the time scores. In conclusion, the YLSBQ could be considered a reliable, valid and usable tool for the assessment of SB in young adults in a Latin American country. We found that the psychometric properties of the questionnaire were similar to those of the original Spanish validation study.

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Adolescent
Adult
Colombia
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Humans
Leisure Activities
Male
Psychometrics
Reproducibility of Results
Sedentary Behavior
Students
Surveys and Questionnaires
Universities
Young Adult

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Actividades recreativas
Conducta sedentaria
Encuestas y cuestionarios
Estudiantes
Psicometría
Reproducibilidad de los resultados
Universidades

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Latin American, Questionnaire, Reliability, Screen time, Sedentary, Validity, Young adults

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Atencio-Osorio MA, Carrillo-Arango HA, Correa-Rodríguez M, Rivera D, Castro-Piñero J, Ramírez-Vélez R. Youth Leisure-Time Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire (YLSBQ): Reliability and Validity in Colombian University Students. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jul 26;18(15):7895