Preliminary Checklist for Reporting Observational Studies in Sports Areas: Content Validity
Observational studies are based on systematic observation, understood as an organized recording and quantification of behavior in its natural context. Applied to the specific area of sports, observational studies present advantages when comparing studies based on other designs, such as the flexibili...
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| author | Salvador Chacón-Moscoso Salvador Chacón-Moscoso Susana Sanduvete-Chaves M. Teresa Anguera José L. Losada Mariona Portell José A. Lozano-Lozano José A. Lozano-Lozano |
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| description | Observational studies are based on systematic observation, understood as an organized recording and quantification of behavior in its natural context. Applied to the specific area of sports, observational studies present advantages when comparing studies based on other designs, such as the flexibility for adapting to different contexts and the possibility of using non-standardized instruments as well as a high degree of development in specific software and data analysis. Although the importance and usefulness of sports-related observational studies have been widely shown, there is no checklist to report these studies. Consequently, authors do not have a guide to follow in order to include all of the important elements in an observational study in sports areas, and reviewers do not have a reference tool for assessing this type of work. To resolve these issues, this article aims to develop a checklist to measure the quality of sports-related observational studies based on a content validity study. The participants were 22 judges with at least 3 years of experience in observational studies, sports areas, and methodology. They evaluated a list of 60 items systematically selected and classified into 12 dimensions. They were asked to score four aspects of each item on 5-point Likert scales to measure the following dimensions: representativeness, relevance, utility, and feasibility. The judges also had an open-format section for comments. The Osterlind index was calculated for each item and for each of the four aspects. Items were considered appropriate when obtaining a score of at least 0.5 in the four assessed aspects. After considering these inclusion criteria and all of the open-format comments, the resultant checklist consisted of 54 items grouped into the same initial 12 dimensions. Finally, we highlight the strengths of this work. We also present its main limitation: the need to apply the resultant checklist to obtain data and, thus, increase quality indicators of its psychometric properties. For this reason, as relevant actions for further development, we encourage expert readers to use it and provide feedback; we plan to apply it to different sport areas. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0192c9e8264144d48f1a4e23a1b2a0e12022-12-21T17:34:39ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782018-03-01910.3389/fpsyg.2018.00291263868Preliminary Checklist for Reporting Observational Studies in Sports Areas: Content ValiditySalvador Chacón-Moscoso0Salvador Chacón-Moscoso1Susana Sanduvete-Chaves2M. Teresa Anguera3José L. Losada4Mariona Portell5José A. Lozano-Lozano6José A. Lozano-Lozano7HUM-649 Innovaciones Metodológicas en Evaluación de Programas, Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, SpainDepartamento de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago de Chile, ChileHUM-649 Innovaciones Metodológicas en Evaluación de Programas, Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, SpainFaculty of Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainFaculty of Psychology, Institute of Neurosciences, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, SpainDepartment of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, SpainHUM-649 Innovaciones Metodológicas en Evaluación de Programas, Departamento de Psicología Experimental, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, SpainDepartamento de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago de Chile, ChileObservational studies are based on systematic observation, understood as an organized recording and quantification of behavior in its natural context. Applied to the specific area of sports, observational studies present advantages when comparing studies based on other designs, such as the flexibility for adapting to different contexts and the possibility of using non-standardized instruments as well as a high degree of development in specific software and data analysis. Although the importance and usefulness of sports-related observational studies have been widely shown, there is no checklist to report these studies. Consequently, authors do not have a guide to follow in order to include all of the important elements in an observational study in sports areas, and reviewers do not have a reference tool for assessing this type of work. To resolve these issues, this article aims to develop a checklist to measure the quality of sports-related observational studies based on a content validity study. The participants were 22 judges with at least 3 years of experience in observational studies, sports areas, and methodology. They evaluated a list of 60 items systematically selected and classified into 12 dimensions. They were asked to score four aspects of each item on 5-point Likert scales to measure the following dimensions: representativeness, relevance, utility, and feasibility. The judges also had an open-format section for comments. The Osterlind index was calculated for each item and for each of the four aspects. Items were considered appropriate when obtaining a score of at least 0.5 in the four assessed aspects. After considering these inclusion criteria and all of the open-format comments, the resultant checklist consisted of 54 items grouped into the same initial 12 dimensions. Finally, we highlight the strengths of this work. We also present its main limitation: the need to apply the resultant checklist to obtain data and, thus, increase quality indicators of its psychometric properties. For this reason, as relevant actions for further development, we encourage expert readers to use it and provide feedback; we plan to apply it to different sport areas.http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00291/fullchecklistreportingobservational studiessports areacontent validityexperts |
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| title | Preliminary Checklist for Reporting Observational Studies in Sports Areas: Content Validity |
| title_full | Preliminary Checklist for Reporting Observational Studies in Sports Areas: Content Validity |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary Checklist for Reporting Observational Studies in Sports Areas: Content Validity |
| title_short | Preliminary Checklist for Reporting Observational Studies in Sports Areas: Content Validity |
| title_sort | preliminary checklist for reporting observational studies in sports areas content validity |
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