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Table 2 Validity of movement behaviours variables from the QMov24h against accelerometer (n=100)

From: 24-hour Movement Questionnaire (QMov24h) for adults: development process and measurement properties

Movement behaviour variable

Questionnaire variable description

Questionnaire data

Accelerometer data

rho

p

Mean minutes/hours (95% CI)

Mean minutes/hours (95% CI)

Nocturnal sleep

 Weekday/workday (h/day)

Hours of sleep at night on a weekday/workday

7.30 (7.13 – 7.47)

7.69 (7.51 – 7.86)

0.410

<0.001

 Weekend day/non-workday (h/day)

Hours of sleep at night on a weekend day/non-workday

8.36 (8.17 – 8.55)

8.18 (7.90 – 8.47)

0.272

0.006

 Total sleep (h/day)

Mean hours of sleep at night on a weekday/workday and on a weekend day/non-workday

7.83 (7.68 – 7.98)

7.81 (7.65 – 7.97)

0.343

<0.001

Sedentary behaviour

 Weekday/workday (h/day)

Hours of SB on a weekday/workday

8.81 (8.42 – 9.21)

9.81 (9.54 – 10.07)

0.357

<0.001

 Weekend day/non-workday (h/day)

Hours of SB on a weekend day/non-workday

8.35 (7.76 – 8.93)

9.39 (9.02 – 9.77)

0.404

<0.001

 Total SB (h/day)

Mean hours of SB on a weekday/workday and on a weekend day/non-workday

8.59 (8.18 – 9.00)

9.61 (9.34 – 9.87)

0.428

<0.001

Light PA

 Week/workday (h/day)

Hours of aerobic light PA + strength light PA on a weekday/workday

5.40 (4.79 – 6.02)

5.10 (4.83 – 5.37)

0.331

<0.001

 Weekend/non-workday (h/day)

Hours of aerobic light PA + strength light PA on a weekend day/non-workday

4.48 (3.91 – 5.04)

5.10 (4.77 – 5.43)

0.248

0.013

 Total Light PA (h/day)

Mean hours of aerobic light PA + strength light PA on a weekday/workday and on a weekend day/non-workday

4.95 (4.45 – 5.45)

5.15 (4.89 – 5.41)

0.310

0.002

Aerobic Moderate and Vigorous PA

 Aerobic moderate PA (min/day)

Average min per day of aerobic moderate PA in minutes

39.25 (27.39 – 51.11)

39.45 (34.43 – 42.46)

0.500

<0.001

 Aerobic vigorous PA (min/day)

Average min per day of aerobic vigorous PA in minutes

16.52 (8.52 – 24.52)

2.24 (1.39 – 3.09)

0.570

<0.001

 Aerobic MVPA (min/day)

Sum of calculated aerobic moderate PA and vigorous PA mins per day

55.77 (36.60 – 74.94)

40.67 (36.23 – 45.10)

0.534

<0.001

Total PA

 Total aerobic PA (min/day)

Sum of average min per day of light PA and aerobic MVPA

353.02 (314.34 – 391.70)

349.82 (333.51 – 366.12)

0.372

<0.001

 Total aerobic and strength PA (min/day)

Sum of average min per day of light PA and aerobic and strength PA

387.26 (345.44 – 429.09)

383.95 (365.18 – 402.71)a

0.429

<0.001

  1. SD Standard Deviation, CI Confidence Interval, rho Spearman Correlation, p p-value, PA Physical Activity, MVPA Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity
  2. aStrength PA was compared against diary