RELIBILITY AND VALIDITY OF PHYSICAL FITNESS QUESTIONNAIRE WITH SELF-RATING FOR ELDERLY PEOPLE
- VernacularTitle:中高年者のための質問紙による体力自己評価の信頼性と妥当性
- Author:
TAKAHIKO NISHIJIMA
;
HIDENORI TANAKA
;
KOYA SUZUKI
;
KEISUKE OHTSUKA
;
TAKAHIRO NAKANO
;
SHINJI TAKAHASHI
;
HIROTAKA TABUCHI
;
HIROSHI YAMADA
;
MITSUO MATSUDA
;
SHIN-YA KUNO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
physical fitness test;
structural equation modeling;
exploratory factor analysis;
confirmatory factor analysis
- From:Japanese Journal of Physical Fitness and Sports Medicine
2003;52(Supplement):225-236
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
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Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to confirm the reliability and validity of a physical fitness questionnaire (PFQ) with self-rating for elderly people applying structural equation modeling (SEM) . As subjects, 105 community-dwelling older men and women aged 67.1±6.1 years participated in the study to measure 13 PFQ items and 13 performance tests. The data analysis procedures were as follows : a) testing reliability of PFQ ; b) testing of construct validity of PFQ using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) ; c) testing of criterion-related validity of PFQ to the performance tests using SEM ; d) testing of correlations of the PFQ to walking ability using SEM. Cronbaeh's alpha coefficient for consistency reliability of the PFQ was .83. Four common factors of muscle strength-power, endurance, coordination, and flexibility were extracted in EFA. The high and enough goodness of fit indices were obtained in the confirmatory factor structure model, and in each sub-domain of criterion-related validity to performance tests and correlation to walking ability models. The criterion-related validity coefficient of muscle strength and power was .77, followed by .66 for endurance, .59 for coordination and .82 for flexibility. The correlation coefficient of muscle strength and power to walking ability was -.51, followed by -.58 for coordination, - .43 for endurance and - . 28 for flexibility. These results indicated that the PFQ consisting of 13 items and 4 sub-domains satisfied reliability and construct validity although criterion related validity to performance tests was insufficient. It was concluded that the PFQ is of useful for physical fitness checking of elderly people.
