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Reliability of International Fitness Scale (IFIS) in Chinese Children and Adolescents

Background and Objectives: It has previously been shown that the International Fitness Scale (IFIS) is a reliable and valid instrument when used in numerous regions and subgroups, but it remains to be determined whether the IFIS is a reliable instrument for use with Chinese children and adolescents....

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Autores principales: Bao, Ran, Chen, Sitong, Kastelic, Kaja, Drenowatz, Clemens, Li, Minghui, Zhang, Jialin, Wang, Lei
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9028806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35455575
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9040531
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author Bao, Ran
Chen, Sitong
Kastelic, Kaja
Drenowatz, Clemens
Li, Minghui
Zhang, Jialin
Wang, Lei
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Chen, Sitong
Kastelic, Kaja
Drenowatz, Clemens
Li, Minghui
Zhang, Jialin
Wang, Lei
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description Background and Objectives: It has previously been shown that the International Fitness Scale (IFIS) is a reliable and valid instrument when used in numerous regions and subgroups, but it remains to be determined whether the IFIS is a reliable instrument for use with Chinese children and adolescents. If the reliability of the IFIS can be verified, populational surveillance and monitoring of physical fitness (PF) can easily be conducted. This study aimed to test the reliability of the IFIS when used with Chinese children and adolescents. Methods: The convenience sampling method was used to recruit study participants. In total, 974 school-aged children and adolescents between 11 and 17 years of age were recruited from three cities in Southeast China: Shanghai, Nanjing and Wuxi. The study participants self-reported demographic data, including age (in years) and sex (boy or girl). The participants completed the questionnaire twice within a two-week interval. Results: A response rate of 95.9% resulted in a sample of 934 participants (13.7 ± 1.5 years, 47.4% girls) with valid data. On average, the participants were 13.7 ± 1.5 years of age. The test–retest weighted kappa coefficients for overall fitness, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle fitness, speed and agility and flexibility were 0.52 (Std. errs. = 0.02), 0.51 (Std. errs. = 0.02), 0.60 (Std. errs. = 0.02), 0.55 (Std. errs. = 0.02) and 0.55 (Std. errs. = 0.02), respectively. Conclusions: The International Fitness Scale was found to have moderate reliability in the assessment of (self-reported) physical fitness in Chinese children and adolescents. In the future, the validity of the IFIS should be urgently tested in Chinese subgroup populations.
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spelling pubmed-90288062022-04-23 Reliability of International Fitness Scale (IFIS) in Chinese Children and Adolescents Bao, Ran Chen, Sitong Kastelic, Kaja Drenowatz, Clemens Li, Minghui Zhang, Jialin Wang, Lei Children (Basel) Article Background and Objectives: It has previously been shown that the International Fitness Scale (IFIS) is a reliable and valid instrument when used in numerous regions and subgroups, but it remains to be determined whether the IFIS is a reliable instrument for use with Chinese children and adolescents. If the reliability of the IFIS can be verified, populational surveillance and monitoring of physical fitness (PF) can easily be conducted. This study aimed to test the reliability of the IFIS when used with Chinese children and adolescents. Methods: The convenience sampling method was used to recruit study participants. In total, 974 school-aged children and adolescents between 11 and 17 years of age were recruited from three cities in Southeast China: Shanghai, Nanjing and Wuxi. The study participants self-reported demographic data, including age (in years) and sex (boy or girl). The participants completed the questionnaire twice within a two-week interval. Results: A response rate of 95.9% resulted in a sample of 934 participants (13.7 ± 1.5 years, 47.4% girls) with valid data. On average, the participants were 13.7 ± 1.5 years of age. The test–retest weighted kappa coefficients for overall fitness, cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle fitness, speed and agility and flexibility were 0.52 (Std. errs. = 0.02), 0.51 (Std. errs. = 0.02), 0.60 (Std. errs. = 0.02), 0.55 (Std. errs. = 0.02) and 0.55 (Std. errs. = 0.02), respectively. Conclusions: The International Fitness Scale was found to have moderate reliability in the assessment of (self-reported) physical fitness in Chinese children and adolescents. In the future, the validity of the IFIS should be urgently tested in Chinese subgroup populations. MDPI 2022-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9028806/ /pubmed/35455575 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9040531 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Zhang, Jialin
Wang, Lei
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title Reliability of International Fitness Scale (IFIS) in Chinese Children and Adolescents
title_full Reliability of International Fitness Scale (IFIS) in Chinese Children and Adolescents
title_fullStr Reliability of International Fitness Scale (IFIS) in Chinese Children and Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Reliability of International Fitness Scale (IFIS) in Chinese Children and Adolescents
title_short Reliability of International Fitness Scale (IFIS) in Chinese Children and Adolescents
title_sort reliability of international fitness scale (ifis) in chinese children and adolescents
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9028806/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35455575
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9040531
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