Validity and reliability of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) long-form in a subsample of female Mexican teachers.
Salud Publica Mex
; 64(1): 57-65, 2022 Feb 25.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the test-retest reliability and validity of the long-form International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-long form). MATERIALS ANDMETHODS:
A subsample of 86 teachers underwent telephone interviews and clinic visits in Mexico City. Through 22 months, physical activity (PA) levels were obtained from accelerometers (months 6 and 22) and IPAQ long-form (months 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12). Minutes per week of moderate (MPA), walking (WPA), vigorous (VPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) were calculated for each intensity and domain. Variables were loga-rithmically transformed. Intra-class and Pearson correlations were used to determine the relationship between instru-ments.RESULTS:
Test-retest reliability of the average IPAQs long-form varied across intensities and domains (ranged from r= 0.24 to r= 0.65). Minutes per week of VPA and MVPA ac-celerometer 1 (AC1) were fairly associated to International Physical Activity Questionnaire-long form 3 (IPAQ3) (r= 0.60 and r= 0.31, respectively) one week apart.CONCLUSIONS:
IPAQ long-form is fairly reliable for MVPA and valid for as-sessing MVPA and VPA in a subsample of Mexican teachers.
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Exercício Físico
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Limite:
Female
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Humans
País como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2022
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