Acceptability, internal consistency and test–retest reliability of scales to assess parental and nursery staff's self-efficacy, motivation and knowledge in relation to pre-school children's nutrition, oral health and physical activity. Issue 6 (14th February 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dias, Kaiseree; White, James; Metcalfe, Chris; Kipping, Ruth; Papadaki, Angeliki; Jago, Russell
• Is Part Of: Public health nutrition. Volume 22:Issue 6(2019)
• Page Start: 967
• Page End: 975
• Publication Date: 2019-02-14
• Subjects: Pre-school children, -- Childcare, -- Nutrition, -- Physical activity, -- Surveys and questionnaires; Nutrition -- Periodicals; Nutrition policy -- Periodicals; Public health -- Periodicals; 613.2
• DOI: 10.1017/S1368980018004111
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1368-9800

Abstract

Abstract: Objective: To determine the acceptability, internal consistency and test–retest reliability of self-efficacy, motivation and knowledge scales relating to pre-school children's nutrition, oral health and physical activity. Design: An online questionnaire was completed twice with an interval of 7–11d. Setting: Online questionnaires were sent to participants via email from nursery managers. The parent questionnaire was also available on the parenting websitewww.netmums.com . Participants: Eighty-two parents and sixty-nine nursery staff from Bristol, UK who had and worked with 2–4-year-olds, respectively. Results: Response rates were 86·3 and 86·0 % and missing data 15·9 and 14·5 % for the second administration of the parent and nursery staff questionnaires, respectively. Weighted κ coefficients for individual items mostly fell under the 'moderate' agreement category for the parental (75·0 %) and nursery staff (55·8 %) items. All self-efficacy and motivation scales had acceptable levels of internal consistency (Cronbach's α coefficients>0·7). The intraclass correlation coefficients for the self-efficacy, motivation and knowledge scales ranged between 0·48 and 0·82. Paired t tests found an increase between test and retest knowledge scores for the Nutrition Motivation ( t =−2·91, df=81, P =0·00) and Knowledge ( t =−3·22, df=81, P =0·00) scales in the parent questionnaire. Conclusions: Our findings demonstrate that the items and scales show good acceptability, internal consistency and test–retest reliability.