Developing a reliable audit instrument to measure the physical environment for physical activity

摘要: Abstract Background: The physical environment plays an important role in influencing participation activity, although which factors of the have greatest effect on patterns activity remain to be determined. We describe development a comprehensive instrument measure environmental that may influence walking and cycling local neighborhoods report its reliability. Methods: Following consultation with experts from variety fields literature search, we developed Systematic Pedestrian Cycling Environmental Scan (SPACES) used it collect data over total 1987 kilometers roads metropolitan Perth, Western Australia. audit is available first author request. Additional information was collected using desktop methods geographic systems (GIS) technology. assessed inter- intra-rater reliability among 16 observers who data. Results: reported easy use. Both scan were generally high. Conclusions: Our provides reliable, practical, easy-to-use method for collecting detailed "street-level" are potential influences neighborhoods.