Physical Activity in Adolescents With Familial Mediterranean Fever

The Adolescent Physical Activity Questionnaire, developed by Kowalski and colleagues in 1997 to assess the physical activity levels of high school students, is an 8-item, 5-point Likert scale tool based on recalling the past 7 days. The 8 items in the scale are used to calculate the physical activity score. The 9th item inquires whether the participant was ill during the past week or if there was any condition preventing normal physical activity. However, this item is not included in the scoring.

The first item lists 24 types of physical activity. The frequency of each activity is scored as "never" (1 point), "1-2" (2 points), "3-4" (3 points), "5-6" (4 points), or "7 or more times" (5 points). The result is divided by 24 to obtain the activity score for this item. For items 2-7, responses start with the lowest level of physical activity (1 point) and increase to the highest level (5 points). Item 8 evaluates the frequency of physical activity over the 7 days of the week. Responses a

This scale was developed to assess the motivation of high school students to participate in physical activity. It is a 16-item scale consisting of three factors: individual reasons, environmental reasons, and lack of reasons. In the study, the scale items are rated using a 5-point Likert scale: "Strongly disagree," "Disagree," "Undecided," "Agree," and "Strongly agree." The lowest possible score on the scale is 16, and the highest score is 80. Higher scores indicate more positive motivation to participate in physical activity.

In this context, the scores on the Physical Activity Participation Motivation Scale are interpreted as follows: 1-16 indicates very low motivation, 17-32 indicates low motivation, 33-48 indicates medium motivation, 49-64 indicates high motivation, and 65-80 indicates very high motivation for physical activity participation. Items 3, 9, 13, 14, 15, and 16 are reverse-scored. The Cronbach alpha values range from 0.82 to 0.89, indicating good reliability.

Physical Activity Competence Scale (PACS), adolescents' physical activity competence in different physical activity areas (at school, in transportation, at home, leisure and recreation, and school-based walking and transportation) is a 5-dimensional and 26-item scale developed to assess their competence.

PACS consists of 5 dimensions and 26 items (At school: 6 items, In transportation: 3 items, At home: 5 items, Leisure and recreation: 6 items, School-based walking and transportation: 6 items). The scale form consists of two parts. The first part contains demographic information, and in the second part, participants are asked how confident they are in participating in physical activities in the five physical activity areas. A 10-point Likert-type scale (0 = "I have no confidence" and 100 = "I have full confidence") is used for the items. The total average score is calculated from the answers to the items in each domain and ranges between 0 and 100.