Children's school lunchtime enjoyment: An exploration of intra- and inter-day agreement

摘要: Purpose Enjoyment and play during school lunchtime are strongly correlated with children’s overall physical activity. Despite this, there is an absence of data reporting enjoyment lunchtimes. The purpose this study was to examine the intra-day inter-day agreement enjoyment. Methods Lunchtime surveys were distributed completed by 197 children (112 males, 85 females), aged 8-12 years attending a regional government primary in Australia. Children class time before lunch (expected enjoyment) after (actual for five days. vs. actual (expected/actual between days) determined using weighted kappa. Results Intra-day kappa values ranged from fair (0.31) substantial (0.75) within each days (median kappa=0.45). ‘Expected’ failed reach moderate agreement, ranging 0.09 0.40 kappa=0.30). Similarly low ‘actual’ interday identified, 0.05-0.46 kappa=0.28). Conclusion Children’s appears be more consistent than across perhaps due varying influences experience day (e.g. weather). findings suggest that measuring once on single would representative particular but not necessarily week. It therefore recommended future activity interventions targeting periods consider assessing multiple