Evaluating the test-retest reliability of the SLUMP questionnaire for measuring biomechanical issues during laptop use among university students.

BACKGROUND: Laptop use may be associated with poor health among University students. However, no psychometrically-sound instrument is available to measure biomechanical issues during laptop computer use in this population. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the test-retest reliability of the Student Laptop Use...

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Publicado en:Work Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 237 - 256
Autores principales: D'Silva, Chelsea, Côté, Pierre, Murphy, Bernadette, Barakat-Haddad, Caroline
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Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 2018
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          D'Silva, Chelsea
          Côté, Pierre
          Murphy, Bernadette
          Barakat-Haddad, Caroline
        affil: Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, North Oshawa, ON, Canada
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          Students, College
          Students, Undergraduate
          Computers, Portable Utilization
          Biomechanics
          Instrument Validation
          Human
          Male
          Female
          Test-Retest Reliability
          Questionnaires
          Ontario
          kappa Statistic
          Adult
          Adolescence
          Intraclass Correlation Coefficient
          Data Analysis Software
          Posture
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: BACKGROUND: Laptop use may be associated with poor health among University students. However, no psychometrically-sound instrument is available to measure biomechanical issues during laptop computer use in this population. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the test-retest reliability of the Student Laptop Use and Musculoskeletal Posture (SLUMP) questionnaire among undergraduate University students. PARTICIPANTS: We invited 179 undergraduate students from two Health Sciences courses at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology to participate in the study in October 2015. METHODS: We conducted a test-retest reliability study. The SLUMP questionnaire, which includes 51 questions, was administered twice at a seven-day interval. We used weighted Kappa statistics to calculate test-retest reliability. RESULTS: Ninety-one students completed the study. 72.5% of the 51 questions achieved a Kw≥0.60 with 29.4% of questions achieving a Kw≥0.80. The reliability was similar for males and females. CONCLUSION: The SLUMP offers a promising method to measure biomechanical issues during laptop use among University students.
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