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Table 1 Descriptive statistics for the PROMIS early childhood physical activity scale among children aged 1–2 years

From: Validity of the PROMIS® Early Childhood Physical Activity Scale among toddlers

 

Test (n = 72)

Retest (n = 74)

Item

Mean ± SD

Median (IQR)

Floor,a %

Ceiling,a %

Mean ± SD

Median (IQR)

Floor,a %

Ceiling,a %

1. How many days did your child so physically active that he/she sweated?

1.9 ± 1.3

1 (1, 3)

58

6

1.8 ± 1.0

1 (1, 3)

54

1

2. How many days did your child play so hard that he/she got physically exhausted?

2.4 ± 1.2

2.5 (1, 3)

31

4

2.4 ± 1.1

3 (1, 3)

32

1

3. How many days did your child play so hard that he/she fell asleep early?

1.9 ± 0.9

2 (1, 3)

42

0

1.7 ± 0.9

1 (1, 2)

51

0

4. How many days did your child play so hard that he/she needed an extra or longer nap?

2.0 ± 0.9

2 (1, 3)

43

0

1.9 ± 0.9

2 (1, 3)

42

1

5. How many days did your child play so hard that he/she felt tired?

2.7 ± 1.4

3 (2, 3)

22

10

2.6 ± 1.2

2 (1, 3)

22

7

6. How many days did your child do vigorous physical activities for 30 min or more?

2.7 ± 1.4

3 (1, 4)

29

13

3.0 ± 1.4

3 (2, 4)

22

16

7. On a usual day, how physically active was your child?

4.2 ± 0.8

4 (4, 5)

0

35

3.9 ± 0.7

4 (4, 4)

0

18

PROMIS EC PA items 1–5 summed score

10.9 ± 3.5

11.5 (8.5, 13.0)

11

0

10.4 ± 3.4

10 (9, 13)

14

0

  1. a“Floor” refers to percentage of participants who endorsed “no days” or “not at all”; “ceiling” refers to percentage of participants who endorsed “6–7 days” or “very much”
  2. IQR, interquartile range; M ± SD, mean ± standard deviation; PROMIS EC PA, PROMIS® Early Childhood Physical Activity