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Table 3 Comparison of STAQ and contextualized accelerometry* estimates of time spent in different sedentary activities by contexts (n = 88 for total sitting time and n = 82 otherwise)

From: Assessment of sedentary behaviors and transport-related activities by questionnaire: a validation study

STAQ sedentary behaviours items

Biases a (h/wk)

Spearman correlation

ICC [95 % CI]

  

r

p

 

Sitting time

Total

- 17.0 ± 18.1

0.54

<0.0001

0.44 [0.25 ; 0.60]

Work

+2.6 ± 8.6

0.88

<0.0001

0.82 [0.73 ; 0,88]

Transport

- 1.4 ± 3.5

0.35

0.001

0.53 [0.35 ; 0.67]

Leisure time

+17.6 ± 10.0

0.19

0.09

0.33 [0.12; 0.51]

Specific sedentary behaviours

Total

+29.2 ± 19.4

0.33

0.002

0.18 [−0.04 ; 0.38]

TV/DVD

+7.3 ± 10.6

0.46

<0.0001

0.34 [0.14 ; 0.52]

Computer/tablet/video games

+8.4 ± 12.0

0.42

<0.0001

0.45 [0.26 ; 0.60]

  1. *Accelerometry was contextualized using annotation from the logbook
  2. aCalculated as STAQ estimate minus the objective accelerometry