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ecPROMIS - Physical Activity/Greenspace (PA/GS)đź”—

Table Name ph_cg_pms__pags
Construct Physical Activity
Study Visits V04, V06
Administration Child-specific: Yes
Respondent: Birth Parent or Primary Caregiver
Method: HBCD Study staff or self, in person or remote (2 min estimated duration)
Quality Control
  • Monitoring of data dashboard for variable missingness
  • Detection of possible coding errors
  • Verification of scoring accuracy
  • Review of data consistency
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Instrument Detailsđź”—

The ecPROMIS (Early Childhood Patient-Reported Outcome Measurement Information System) is a set of primary caregiver report questionnaires that offer clinicians and researchers a brief, efficient, and precise way to evaluate young children’s well-being. The ecPROMIS - Parent Report Physical Activity questionnaire is a measurement of the frequency, duration, and physiologic impacts (sweating, needing more rest, etc.) of a child's physical activity. It is validated for ages 1-5. As a PROMIS measure, the instrument has published scoring guidelines. The questions included in the HBCD protocol are the PROMIS® Early Childhood Parent- Report Scale v1.0 - Physical Activity 7a. The physical activities questions are supplemented with questions about access and utilization of greenspace which have been developed by the Physical Health working group.

Scoring Procedures â–¸

The first 5 items are used to create a Physical Activity T-score, and the remaining 2 items are individually scored using the response options. Note that the item-level PA scores are currently on a 0 to 4 scale and need to be converted to 1 to 5 prior to calculating summary scores.

PROMIS® Physical Activity Scoring Manual: Physical Activity Scoring

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Referencesđź”—

Lai, J.-S., Blackwell, C. K., Tucker, C. A., Jensen, S. E., & Cella, D. (2022). Measuring PROMIS® physical activity and Sleep Problems in Early Childhood. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 47(5), 534–546. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsac028