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Table 3 Test-retest reliability of child- and parent screen time use (N = 31)

From: The development of a questionnaire to assess leisure time screen-based media use and its proximal correlates in children (SCREENS-Q)

Question (measure) assessed

(all units of measurement are minutes)

Statistical assessment of test-retest reliability

Question 9

 Time spent using screen media on a typical weekday, (child)

ICC = 0.72 (95%CI: 0.52–0.86)

SEM = 38.84 min/day (95% CI: 30.09–50.13)

Mean difference = 2.74

Limits of agreement = (− 105.02, 110.51)

 Time spent using screen on a typical weekend-day, (child)

ICC = 0.67 (95%CI: 0.47–0.84)

SEM = 59.88 min/day (95% CI: 46.75–76.70)

Mean difference = 18.23

Limits of agreement = (− 146.93, 183.39)

 Mean min per day, child (min week-day ×  5) + (min per weekend day ×  2)/7(child)

ICC = 0.75 (95% CI 0.58–0.88)

SEM = 38.52 min/day (95% CI 29.94–49.56)

Mean difference = 7.17 min/day

Limits of agreement = (− 99.67, 114.00)

Question 13

 Time spent using screen media on a typical weekday, (child)

ICC = 0.81 (95%CI: 0 .67–0.90)

SEM = 26.66 min/day (95% CI: 20.81–34.14)

Mean difference = 2.42

Limits of agreement = (− 72.76, 77.60)

 Time spent using screen media on a typical weekend-day, (child)

ICC = 0.90 (95%CI: 0.81–0.95)

SEM = 47.29 min/day (95% CI: 36.91- = 60.59)

Mean difference = 18.87

Limits of agreement = (− 109.27, 147.01)

 Mean min per day, child (min week-day ×  5) + (min per weekend day ×  2)/7(child)

ICC 0.88 (95%CI: 0.79–0.94)

SEM = 27.05 min/day (95% CI: 21.11–34.65)

Mean difference = 7.12

Limits of agreement = (− 67.93, 82.16)

question 19

 Time spent using screen media on a typical weekday, (parent)

ICC = 0.68 (95%CI: 0.48–0.84)

SEM = 60.47 min/day (95% CI: 47.33–77.26)

Mean difference = 10.16

Limits of agreement = (− 160.49, 180.81)

 Time spent using screen media on a typical weekend-day, (parent)

ICC = 0.80 (95%CI: 0.66–0.90)

SEM = 63.01 min/day (95% CI: 49.22–80.66)

Mean difference = 2.42

Limits of agreement = (− 175.78, 180.62)

 Mean min per day, parent (min week-day ×  5) + (min per weekend day ×  2)/7(parent)

ICC = 0.75 (95%CI: 0.59–0.88)

SEM = 54.54 min/day (95% CI: 42.65–69.76)

Mean difference = 7.95

Limits of agreement = (− 145.85, 161.75)

question 18

 Work-related time spent on screen media on weekdays in the home, (parent)

ICC = 0.73 (95%CI: 0.55–0.87.)

SEM = 63.86 min/day (95% CI: 49.70–82.04)

Mean difference = − 3.87

Limits of agreement = (− 182.86, 175.12)

 Work-related time spent on screen media on weekend-days in the home, (parent)

ICC = 0.69 (95%CI: 0.50–0.84)

SEM = 26.57 min/day (95% CI: 20.76–34.02)

Mean difference = − 5.81

Limits of agreement = (− 80.06, 68.44)

  1. ICC Intraclass Correlation Coefficient, SEM Standard Error of Mean, LOA Limits of Agreement, CI confidence interval