Reliability and Validity of Slovenian Versions of IPAQ-SF, GPAQ, and EHIS-PAQ for Assessing Physical Activity and Sedentarism of Adults

Health policies rely on physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior data collected through PA questionnaires (PAQs). Validity of international PAQs varies among countries. Therefore, it is important to know the validity of the national versions of the PAQs to properly evaluate the results. We cond...

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Published in:International journal of environmental research and public health 2021-12, Vol.19 (1), p.430
Main Authors: Meh, Kaja, Sember, Vedrana, Đurić, Saša, Vähä-Ypyä, Henri, Rocha, Paulo, Jurak, Gregor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accelerometers
Adult
Adults
Exercise
Health policy
Health surveillance
Humans
Motion detectors
Motor Activity
Physical activity
Questionnaires
Reliability
Reproducibility of Results
Sedentary Behavior
Self report
Surveys and Questionnaires
Validity
Valproic acid
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Summary:Health policies rely on physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior data collected through PA questionnaires (PAQs). Validity of international PAQs varies among countries. Therefore, it is important to know the validity of the national versions of the PAQs to properly evaluate the results. We conducted a validation study of the Slovenian versions of the International PAQ Short Form (IPAQ-SF), the Global PAQ (GPAQ), and the PAQ used in the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS-PAQ) on 306 healthy adults. The most valid and reliable constructs in all tested were sedentary behavior and vigorous PA (VPA), however the criterion validity of these constructs was low (Spearman's ρ 0.38-0.45 for sedentary behavior and 0.34-0.42 for VPA). Moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) had low validity (0.26-0.29) despite being used as a standard measure of PA behavior. Participants over-reported MVPA for 17 to 156 min and underreported the sedentary behavior for more than two hours. The test-retest study found high reliability for sedentary behavior (0.69-0.81) and low to moderate reliability for PA behavior (0.42-0.76). The Slovenian versions of the observed PAQs are a useful tool for national PA surveillance, but for qualitative assessment of individual health-related PA behavior they should be combined with accelerometer-based devices.
ISSN:1660-4601
1661-7827
1660-4601
DOI:10.3390/ijerph19010430