Validity and reliability of self-assessed physical fitness using visual analogue scales |
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Authors: | Strøyer Jesper Essendrop Morten Jensen Lone Donbaek Warming Susan Avlund Kirsten Schibye Bente |
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Affiliation: | National Research Center for the Working Environment, Denmark, Lerso Parkalle 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark. jsa@nrcwe.dk |
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Abstract: | To test the validity and reliability of self-assessed physical fitness samples included healthcare assistants working at a hospital (women=170, men=17), persons working with physically and mentally handicapped patients (women=530, men= 123), and two separate groups of healthcare students (a) women=91 and men=5 and (b) women=159 and men=10. Five components of physical fitness were self-assessed by Visual Analogue Scales with illustrations and verbal anchors for the extremes: aerobic fitness, muscle strength, endurance, flexibility, and balance. Convergent and divergent validity were evaluated by age-adjusted correlations stratified by sex with performance-based measures of physical fitness. Self-assessed aerobic fitness (r = .36 - .64) (women/men), muscle strength (r = .30 - .51), and flexibility (r = .36 - .31) showed moderate convergent validity. The divergent validity was satisfactory except for flexibility among men. The reliability was moderate to good (ICC = .62 - .80). Self-assessed aerobic fitness, muscle strength, and flexibility showed moderate construct validity and moderate to good reliability using visual analogues. |
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