The Neighborhood Environment Walkability Scale for the Republic of Korea: Reliability and Relationship with Walking

• Main Authors: Hyunshik KIM (Author), Younglae CHOI (Author), Jiameng MA (Author), Kuam HYUNG (Author), Masashi MIYASHITA (Author), Sunkyoung LEE (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary

<p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Background:</strong> The aim of the study was to analyze the reliability of the Korean version of the NEWS and to investigate the relationship between walking and environmental factors by gender.</p><p><strong>Methods:</strong><strong> </strong>A total of 1407 Korean adults, aged 20-59 yr, participated in the study. Data were collected between Sep 2013 and Oct 2013. To examine the test-retest reliability, 281 of the 1407 participants were asked to answer the same questionnaire (Korean NEWS-A scale) after a 7-d interval.<strong></strong></p><p><strong>Results:</strong><strong> </strong>The ICC range of the entire questionnaire was 0.71-0.88. The item on land use mix-diversity had the highest ICC, and that on physical barriers had the lowest. In addition, presents the partial correlation coefficients for walking and the NEWS-A score, adjusted for social demographic variables. Overall, land use mix-diversity (<em>P</em><0.034) and land use mix-access (<em>P</em><0.014) showed a positive relationship with walking.</p><p><strong>Discussion:</strong> Examination of the reliability of the Korean NEWS-A scale based on Korean adults who reside in large cities showed that all items had statistically satisfactory reliability. Korean NEWS-A scale may be a useful measure for assessing environmental correlates of walking among population in Korea.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong><strong> </strong>Environment, Physical activity, Korean NEWS-A, Reliability<strong></strong></p>

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