Comparison between the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and the American College of Sports Medicine/American Heart Association criteria to classify the physical activity profile in adults

Abstract

Brazil. Scholarship holder from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq). 4 PhD, Social Scientist. Scholarship holder from Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq).Objective: the study aims to evaluate the reproducibility between the International Physical Activity Questionnaire and the American College of Sports Medicine/American Heart Association criteria to classify the physical activity profile in an adult population living in Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Methods: population-based cross-sectional study, including 930 adults of both genders.The reliability was evaluated by Kappa statistics, estimated according to socio-demographic strata. Results: the kappa estimates showed good agreement between the two criteria in all strata. However, higher prevalence of "actives" was found by using the American College of Sports Medicine/American Heart Association. Conclusions: although the estimates have indicated good agreement, the findings suggest caution in choosing the criteria to classify physical activity profile mainly when "walking" is the main modality of physical activity. . In other words, the algorithm proposed in the IPAQ (1) to define physical exercise levels includes not only the frequency, intensity and duration of the exercise, but also the metabolic rate attributed to the activity type, which by itself makes this instrument more complete than most instruments used for this purpose in field research.Although the IPAQ Questionnaire (1) has been used in population based research, however, different criteria have been applied to classify the participants. While some studies have adopted the criteria proposed in the IPAQ Protocol (1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6) , others have chosen the classification proposed by the American College of Sports Medicine/ American Heart Association (ACSM/AHA), sometimes hampering the comparison of results from Brazilian or international studies.In view of the above, this study was aimed at estimating the prevalence rates of physical activity in adults who participated in the OBEDIARP Project, which were verified according to the criteria of the IPAQ Protocol and those recommended by ACSM/AHA, assessing the reproducibility between the two protocols' criteria. MethodsThe data derived from a population-based epidemiological study (Risk factors for overweight, obesity and diabetes mellitus in Ribeirão Preto, SP, 2006-OBEDIARP Project

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“… a Cut-off points for physical activity level: high = at least 3.000 METs.min -1 per week, moderate = at least 600 METs.min -1 per week, and low = less than 600 METs.min -1 per week 42 . b Scores close to 30 points (maximum punctuation) indicate the absence of cognitive deficit.…”

“…a Cut-off points for physical activity level: high = at least 3.000 METs.min -1 per week, moderate = at least 600 METs.min -1 per week, and low = less than 600 METs.min -1 per week 42 .…”

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“…Apesar de existirem outros instrumentos para a quantificação de atividade física e exercício físico, como, por exemplo, o International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) 22 e o proposto pelo American College of Sports Medicine/American Heart Association (ACSM/AHA) 23 , outro estudo comparando esses dois questionários mostrou que apesar de ambos serem razoavelmente reprodutíveis, os critérios da ACSM/ AHA tendem a superestimar a prática de atividade física em relação ao IPAQ 24 . Além disso, a utilização destes questionários é influenciada pela faixa etária, podendo não ser apropriada para indivíduos jovens e idosos 25,26 , aspectos importantes no nosso estudo.…”

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“…Experiencias en Brasil y Colombia indican que el IPAQ es uno de los cuestionarios más utilizados dada su validez y confiabilidad 50,51 . Moraes et al 52 demostraron un buen nivel de reproducibilidad para el IPAQ (k= 0,70) comparado con el American College of Sport Medicine. Hurting et al 53 señalaron una especificidad de 85% y una sensibilidad del 81%; la validación del cuestionario, adaptado al catalán, estableció una sensibilidad y especificidad de 75% respectivamente aunque su Kappa fue de 0,33 54 , sin embargo el IPAQ es un instrumento de alta confiabilidad que se adapta a las modificaciones del país donde se use.…”