Assessing physical activity in people with mental illness: 23-country reliability and validity of the simple physical activity questionnaire (SIMPAQ)

Abstract Background: Physical inactivity is a key contributor to the global burden of disease and disproportionately impacts the wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness. Increases in physical activity are associated with improvements in symptoms of mental illness and reduction in cardiometabolic risk. Reliable and valid clinical tools that assess physical activity would improve evaluation of intervention studies that aim to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in people living with mental illness. Methods: The five-item Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire (SIMPAQ) was developed by a multidisciplinary, international working group as a clinical tool to assess physical activity and sedentary behaviour in people living with mental illness. Investigators from 43 centres in 23 countries collected reliability and validity data on the SIMPAQ from patients with DSM or ICD mental illness diagnoses. Test-retest repeatability was assessed one-week apart. Results: Criterion SIMPAQ validity was assessed against accelerometer-derived measures of physical activity. Data were obtained from 1,010 participants. The SIMPAQ had good test-retest reliability (Spearman rho approximately 0.70). Criterion validity for moderate-vigorous physical activity was comparable to studies conducted in general population samples. Criterion validity of the sedentary behaviour item was poor. An alternative method to calculate sedentary behaviour had greater criterion validity. This alternative method is recommended for use in future studies employing the SIMPAQ. Conclusions: The SIMPAQ is a brief measure of physical activity and sedentary behaviour that can be reliably and validly administered by health professionals.

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Assessing physical activity in people with mental illness: 23-country reliability and validity of the Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire (SIMPAQ)

10.21203/rs.2.12937/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Simon Rosenbaum ◽

Rachel Morell ◽

Amal Abdel-Baki ◽

Mohammad Ahmadpanah ◽

Thekkethayyil Viswananthan Anilkumar ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Sedentary Behaviour ◽

Vigorous Physical Activity ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Criterion Validity ◽

Validity Data ◽

Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Alternative Method ◽

Activity Questionnaire

Abstract Background: Physical inactivity is a key contributor to the global burden of disease and disproportionately impacts the wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness. Increases in physical activity are associated with improvements in symptoms of mental illness and reduction in cardiometabolic risk. Reliable and valid clinical tools that assess physical activity would improve evaluation of intervention studies that aim to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in people living with mental illness. Methods: The five-item Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire (SIMPAQ) was developed by a multidisciplinary, international working group as a clinical tool to assess physical activity and sedentary behaviour in people living with mental illness. Investigators from 43 centres in 23 countries collected reliability and validity data on the SIMPAQ from patients with DSM or ICD mental illness diagnoses. Test-retest repeatability was assessed one-week apart. Results: Criterion SIMPAQ validity was assessed against accelerometer-derived measures of physical activity. Data were obtained from 1,010 participants. The SIMPAQ had good test-retest reliability (Spearman rho approximately 0.70). Criterion validity for moderate-vigorous physical activity was comparable to studies conducted in general population samples. Criterion validity of the sedentary behaviour item was poor. An alternative method to calculate sedentary behaviour had greater criterion validity. This alternative method is recommended for use in future studies employing the SIMPAQ. Conclusions: The SIMPAQ is a brief measure of physical activity and sedentary behaviour that can be reliably and validly administered by health professionals.

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Sinhalese Version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire for Community-dwelling Older Adults: Reliability and Validity

Aging and Health Research ◽

10.1016/j.ahr.2021.100016 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 100016

Author(s):

Bimba Wickramarachchi ◽

Sidiah Siop ◽

Bilesha Perera

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Older Adults ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Global Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Community Dwelling Older Adults ◽

Activity Questionnaire

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Development of the Korean Global Physical Activity Questionnaire: reliability and validity study

Global Health Promotion ◽

10.1177/1757975919854301 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 44-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Junga Lee ◽

Choae Lee ◽

Jihee Min ◽

Dong-Woo Kang ◽

Ji-Young Kim ◽

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Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Correlation Coefficients ◽

Cohen’S Kappa ◽

Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Work Related ◽

Cohen's Kappa ◽

Global Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Test Retest Reliability ◽

Activity Questionnaire

The goal of this study was to develop a Korean version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (K-GPAQ) and to examine its reliability and validity. The English version of the GPAQ was translated to the Korean language (K-GPAQ) via forward–backward translation. Reliability of the K-GPAQ was evaluated using a one-week interval test–retest method with 115 individuals. Criterion-related validity of the K-GPAQ was examined with 199 participants using accelerometers. Cohen’s kappa and Spearman’s correlation coefficients were used to measure test–retest reliability and validity, respectively. A Bland–Altman analysis was used to assess agreement between physical activity (PA) levels measured via K-GPAQ and the accelerometer. Coefficients for the reliability of the K-GPAQ showed moderate agreement for recreational PA and slight agreement for work-related PA (Cohen’s kappa: 0.60–0.67 for recreational PA and 0.30–0.38 for work-related PA and Spearman’s rho: 0.27–0.47 for work-related PA and 0.53–0.70 for recreational PA). Criterion validity of the total amount of PA, as measured by the K-GPAQ and the accelerometer, showed a weak but significant correlation ( r = 0.34, p < 0.01). The K-GPAQ is a reliable and valid questionnaire to measure PA although K-GPAQ overestimated PA levels.

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Reliability and validity of Turkish version of pregnancy physical activity questionnaire (PPAQ) in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology ◽

10.1080/01443615.2019.1606178 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (2) ◽

pp. 176-181

Author(s):

Gültekin Adanaş Aydın ◽

Habibe Ayvacı Taşan ◽

Nazan Tarhan ◽

Erbil Çakar ◽

Nilgün Şenol Güler ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Gestational Diabetes ◽

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Turkish Version ◽

Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Activity Questionnaire

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RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE (IPAQ)

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise ◽

10.1249/01.mss.0000117161.66394.07 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 36 (3) ◽

pp. 556 ◽

Cited By ~ 208

Author(s):

Pedro Curi Hallal ◽

Cesar Gomes Victora

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

International Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Activity Questionnaire

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Validation of an Internet-Based Long Version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in Danish Adults Using Combined Accelerometry and Heart Rate Monitoring

Journal of Physical Activity and Health ◽

10.1123/jpah.2012-0040a ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 654-664 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Andreas Wolff Hansen ◽

Inger Dahl-Petersen ◽

Jørn Wulff Helge ◽

Søren Brage ◽

Morten Grønbæk ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Heart Rate ◽

International Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Reliability And Validity ◽

Health Examination ◽

Heart Rate Monitoring ◽

Validity And Reliability ◽

Physical Activity Questionnaire ◽

Activity Questionnaire

Background:The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) is commonly used in surveys, but reliability and validity has not been established in the Danish population.Methods:Among participants in the Danish Health Examination survey 2007–2008, 142 healthy participants (45% men) wore a unit that combined accelerometry and heart rate monitoring (Acc+HR) for 7 consecutive days and then completed the IPAQ. Background data were obtained from the survey. Physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) and time in moderate, vigorous, and sedentary intensity levels were derived from the IPAQ and compared with estimates from Acc+HR using Spearman’s correlation coefficients and Bland-Altman plots. Repeatability of the IPAQ was also assessed.Results:PAEE from the 2 methods was significantly positively correlated (0.29 and 0.49; P = 0.02 and P < 0.001; for women and men, respectively). Men significantly overestimated PAEE by IPAQ (56.2 vs 45.3 kJ/kg/day, IPAQ: Acc+HR, P < .01), while the difference was nonsignificant for women (40.8 vs 44.4 kJ/kg/day). Bland-Altman plots showed that the IPAQ overestimated PAEE, moderate, and vigorous activity without systematic error. Reliability of the IPAQ was moderate to high for all domains and intensities (total PAEE intraclass correlation coefficient = 0.58).Conclusions:This Danish Internet-based version of the long IPAQ had modest validity and reliability when assessing PAEE at population level.

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