Agreement between pre-exercise screening questionnaires completed online versus face-to-face.

<h4>Objectives</h4>To investigate the levels of agreement between self-reported responses to the Adult Pre-exercise Screening System (APSS) questionnaire using online versus face-to-face (F2F) modalities.<h4>Design</h4>Convenience sample of adults completing a pre-exercise sc...

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Main Authors: Lynda Norton, Jessica Thomas, Nadia Bevan, Kevin Norton
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Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
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Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199836&type=printable
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description <h4>Objectives</h4>To investigate the levels of agreement between self-reported responses to the Adult Pre-exercise Screening System (APSS) questionnaire using online versus face-to-face (F2F) modalities.<h4>Design</h4>Convenience sample of adults completing a pre-exercise screening questionnaire using different modalities.<h4>Methods</h4>Adult volunteers (n = 94) were recruited to complete the APSS using both online and F2F modalities. Participants were provided a URL link to an online APSS questionnaire then followed-up the next day in a F2F interview. Objective health risk factors were also measured. Comparisons between responses were undertaken using kappa and correlation statistics to determine levels of agreement.<h4>Results</h4>The levels of agreement between online versus F2F responses for the seven compulsory Stage 1 questions (known diseases and signs and/or symptoms of disease) were >94% (kappa = 0.644-0.794). Response comparisons for Stage 2 questions on health risk factors were also generally high (>82% agreement) but there were larger differences between reported and measured risk factors in Stage 3.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Levels of agreement between the Stage 1 responses were substantial and support the use of this online option for pre-exercise screening. There were larger differences between self-reported and objectively measured health risk factors in Stages 2 and 3.
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spelling doaj-art-f0f6afc0a1c54be0b49b71e8f5d59ed62025-08-20T02:45:23ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-01136e019983610.1371/journal.pone.0199836Agreement between pre-exercise screening questionnaires completed online versus face-to-face.Lynda NortonJessica ThomasNadia BevanKevin Norton<h4>Objectives</h4>To investigate the levels of agreement between self-reported responses to the Adult Pre-exercise Screening System (APSS) questionnaire using online versus face-to-face (F2F) modalities.<h4>Design</h4>Convenience sample of adults completing a pre-exercise screening questionnaire using different modalities.<h4>Methods</h4>Adult volunteers (n = 94) were recruited to complete the APSS using both online and F2F modalities. Participants were provided a URL link to an online APSS questionnaire then followed-up the next day in a F2F interview. Objective health risk factors were also measured. Comparisons between responses were undertaken using kappa and correlation statistics to determine levels of agreement.<h4>Results</h4>The levels of agreement between online versus F2F responses for the seven compulsory Stage 1 questions (known diseases and signs and/or symptoms of disease) were >94% (kappa = 0.644-0.794). Response comparisons for Stage 2 questions on health risk factors were also generally high (>82% agreement) but there were larger differences between reported and measured risk factors in Stage 3.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Levels of agreement between the Stage 1 responses were substantial and support the use of this online option for pre-exercise screening. There were larger differences between self-reported and objectively measured health risk factors in Stages 2 and 3.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0199836&type=printable
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Agreement between pre-exercise screening questionnaires completed online versus face-to-face.
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title Agreement between pre-exercise screening questionnaires completed online versus face-to-face.
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