Lifetime Total Physical Activity Questionnaire

Background:Increasing physical activity and decreasing sedentary time are cornerstones in the management of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, there are few instruments available to measure physical activity in this population. We translated the long version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-L) into French and studied its reproducibility and validity in patients with T2DM.Methods:Reproducibility was studied by 2 telephone administrations, 8 days apart. Concurrent validity was tested against pedometry for 7 days during habitual life.Results:One-hundred forty-three patients with T2DM were recruited (59% males; age: 60.9 ± 10.5 years; BMI: 31.2 ± 5.2 kg/m2; HbA1c: 7.4 ± 1.2%). Intraclass correlation coefficients (95% CI) for repeated administration (n = 126) were 0.74 (0.61−0.83) for total physical activity, 0.72 (0.57−0.82) for walking, and 0.65 (0.51−0.78) for sitting time. Total physical activity and walking (MET-min·week-1) correlated with daily steps (Spearman r = .24 and r = .23, respectively, P < .05). Sitting time (min·week-1) correlated negatively with daily steps in women (r = −0.33; P < .05).Conclusion:Our French version of the IPAQ-L appears reliable to assess habitual physical activity and sedentary time in patients with T2DM, confirming previous data in nonclinical populations.

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Short Hebrew International Physical Activity Questionnaire: Reliability and Validity

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity ◽

10.29359/bjhpa.07.1.01 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 7-13

Author(s):

EYAL WEISSBLUETH

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

International Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Total Physical Activity ◽

Sitting Time ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

Activity Questionnaire

Background: The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) aims to measure physical activity consistency throughout the world. It has been translated into many languages and its validity has been examined worldwide. However, the IPAQ has not been translated into Hebrew and the psychometric properties of the Hebrew version have yet to be evaluated. Material/Methods: The current study assessed the test-retest reliability of the short IPAQ in Hebrew (IPAQ-S-H) and its validity among college students. Intra-class correlation coefficients were computed to assess reliability, and survey responses were compared to VO2max to determine concurrent validity. Results: The IPAQ-S-H’s test-retest reliability was primarily high, particularly for total physical activity (ICC = 0.90; 95%CI = 0.87-0.93). While agreement for the physical activity components of the survey was higher (ICCs: 0.58-0.79), agreement for sitting time was lower (ICC = 0.39; 95% =0.25-0.52). When comparing the survey scores to VO2max, total physical activity and vigorous intensity activity were significantly correlated with maximal oxygen uptake (Pearson’s r = 0.43 and 0.40, respectively), but not with other survey components. Conclusions: The IPAQ-S-H primarily exhibits moderate reliability and validity, which are comparable psychometric properties to other IPAQ validation studies. Further validation is warranted among more representative samples utilizing objective monitoring to determine criterion validity.

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Analysis of Optimal Total Physical Activity for Prevention and Management of Diabetes: Using the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire(GPAQ)

Journal of Sport and Leisure Studies ◽

10.51979/kssls.2021.04.84.565 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 84 ◽

pp. 565-577

Author(s):

Jong-Suk Park

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Total Physical Activity ◽

Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Global Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Activity Questionnaire

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Validation of the Portuguese Version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents (IPAQA)

The Open Sports Sciences Journal ◽

10.2174/1875399x01710010239 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

pp. 239-250 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Vera Ferro-Lebres ◽

Gustavo Silva ◽

Pedro Moreira ◽

José Carlos Ribeiro

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

International Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Vigorous Physical Activity ◽

Total Sample ◽

Total Physical Activity ◽

Adolescent Boys ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Portuguese Version ◽

Activity Questionnaire

Background:Questionnaires have been broadly used to assess physical activity in adolescents, however validation studies, although essential, are not always performed.Objective:The present work aims to determine the validity of the Portuguese version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents against 3 axis Actigraph accelerometers.Method:A cross-sectional study was conducted, with a sample of 222 adolescents, with a mean age of 15.6 years (SD=2.05). After translation and cross cultural adaptation, data obtained from the questionnaire was correlated to accelerometers data, using Spearman correlation coefficient. Percentages of agreement of physical activity tertiles obtained by each method were tested using Cohen’s Kappa. Statistical analysis was performed for the total sample, per sex and per age group.Results:A significant correlation between the questionnaire and accelerometer was found for older adolescent boys, for total physical activity (ρ=0.372;P<0.01), and for moderate to vigorous physical activity (ρ=0.428;P<0.01) No correlations were found for the younger adolescents and girls. A 42.3% agreement was found for the questionnaire and accelerometer tertiles of total physical activity.Conclusion:The concurrent validity proved that the questionnaire might be valid only for older adolescent boys. The authors consider that whenever available physical activity objective measurements should be used instead of questionnaires.

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