Psychometric Properties of the IPAQ: A Validation Study in a Sample of Northern Franco-Ontarians

Gauthier, Alain P.; Larivière, Michel; Young, Nancy L.

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“…The baseline battery of assessments included urine drug screens (UDS); the Mini Neurodiagnostic Interview (MINI) to characterize DSM-IV diagnoses; a visual analog scale (VAS) to measure MA craving severity; the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) to measure depression symptom severity (Beck et al, 1961); the Profile of Mood States (POMS; McNair et al, 1971); the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) to determine anxiety symptom severity (Beck and Steer, 1993); the Snaith Hamilton Pleasure Scale (SHAPS) to measure anhedonia (Snaith et al, 1995); the Short Form 36 (SF-36) to assess health status (Ware and Sherbourne, 1992); the Choice Reaction Time, Stroop Color Naming Task (Stroop, 1935), Stop Signal Task, Memory Search Test, Logical Relations Test, and Matching to Sample Test to rate cognitive performance; the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) to gauge physical activity (Gauthier et al, 2009); as well as physiological measures including maximum oxygen uptake, muscle strength, endurance, weight, percent body fat, blood pressure, lipid profile, and heart-rate variability (HRV; computation of beat-to-beat interval variation on the ECG). A similar data collection protocol also occurred weekly during the 8-week study period, at termination of the study period, and at 1-month, 3-months, and 6-months posttreatment from the residential program (approximately 7 to 10 days following completion of the intervention period).…”

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Impact of an exercise intervention on methamphetamine use outcomes post residential treatment care

Rawson

Chudzynski

Gonzales-Castaneda

et al. 2015

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Background-We examined the efficacy of an 8-week exercise intervention on posttreatment methamphetamine (MA) use among MA-dependent individuals following residential treatment.Methods-135 individuals newly enrolled in treatment were randomly assigned to a structured 8-week exercise intervention or health education control group. Approximately 1 week after completion of the intervention, participants were discharged to the community. Interview data and urine samples were collected at 1-, 3-, and 6-months post-residential care. Of the sample, 54.8% were classified as higher severity users (using MA more than 18 days in the month before admission) and 45.2% as lower severity users (using MA for up to 18 days in the month before admission). Group differences in MA use outcomes were examined over the 3 timepoints using mixed-multivariate modeling.Results-While fewer exercise participants returned to MA use compared to education participants at 1-, 3-and 6-months post-discharge, differences were not statistically significant. A significant interaction for self-reported MA use and MA urine drug test results by condition and MA severity was found: lower severity users in the exercise group reported using MA significantly fewer days at the three post-discharge timepoints than lower severity users in the ContributorsAuthors RAR, LM, and CBC were involved with the design the study. Authors RG, JC, BAS managed literature searches and summaries of previous related work. Authors JP, DD, and BD undertook behavioral and clinical data collection. AA and RG undertook the statistical analysis. All authors contributed to the writing of the manuscript, including the review and final approval of it for publication. Conflicts of interest: none.Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. HHS Public Access Author Manuscript Author ManuscriptAuthor ManuscriptAuthor Manuscript education group. Lower severity users in the exercise group also had a lower percentage of positive urine results at the three timepoints than lower severity users in the education group. These relationships were not present in the comparison of the higher severity conditions. Conclusion-Resultssupport the value of exercise as a treatment component for individuals using MA 18 or fewer days/month.

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Impact of an exercise intervention on methamphetamine use outcomes post residential treatment care

Rawson

Chudzynski

Gonzales-Castaneda

et al. 2015

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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“…The physical activity level of each participant was estimated using the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) (Gauthier et al 2009), which covers activities performed at work, at home, when on the move and during leisure time. Algorithms that take into account the frequency, volume and intensity of the reported physical activities classify participants as 'high', 'moderate' or 'low' physical activity level.…”

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Energetics and mechanics of walking in patients with chronic low back pain and healthy matched controls

Henchoz

Soldini

Peyrot³

et al. 2015

Eur J Appl Physiol

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“…short and long forms); (ii) reference period (i.e. last 7 d and usual week); (iii) mode of administration Gauthier et al (20) Canada ( (i.e. interviewer and self-reported); and (iv) language (i.e.…”

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“…A total of 152 ESr values across five PA categories in IPAQ were retrieved (i.e. seventeen ESr from ten studies for walking (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25) , seventeen ESr from twelve studies for MPA (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)26,27) , twenty-three ESr from ten studies for TMPA (21,24,25,(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33) , thirty-five ESr from seventeen studies for VPA (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33) and sixty ESr from sixteen studies for TPA (7,(17)…”

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Convergent validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ): meta-analysis

Kim¹,

Park²,

Kang³

2012

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The purpose of the present study was to use a meta-analytic approach to examine the convergent validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Design: Systematic review by meta-analysis. Setting: The relevant studies were surveyed from five electronic databases. Primary outcomes of interest were the product-moment correlation coefficients between IPAQ and other instruments. Five separate meta-analyses were performed for each physical activity (PA) category of IPAQ: walking, moderate PA (MPA), total moderate PA (TMPA), vigorous PA (VPA) and total PA (TPA). The corrected mean effect size (ESr) unaffected by statistical artefacts (i.e. sampling error and reliability) was calculated for each PA category. Selected moderator variables were length of IPAQ (i.e. short and long form), reference period (i.e. last 7 d and usual week), mode of administration (i.e. interviewer and self-reported), language (i.e. English and translated) and instruments (i.e. accelerometer, pedometer and subjective measure). Subjects: A total of 152 ESr across five PA categories were retrieved from twentyone studies. Results:The results showed small-to medium-sized ESr (0?27-0?49). The highest value was observed in VPA while the lowest value was found in MPA. The ESr were differentiated by some of the moderator variables across PA categories. Conclusions: The study shows the overall convergent validity of IPAQ within each PA category. Some differences in degree of convergent validity across PA categories and moderator variables imply that different research conditions should be taken into account prior to deciding on use of the appropriate type of IPAQ. Keywords IPAQ Convergent validityMeta-analysis Physical activity Physical activity (PA) has been regarded as one of the most important habitual behaviours which leads to a healthy life by preventing diseases and increasing health benefits (1)(2)(3)(4)(5) . As the importance of PA has been emphasized, attempts have been made to develop appropriate measurement tools, including objective and subjective measurement tools, to quantify the amount of PA in daily life. Of these, questionnaires remain the most widely used measurement tool in large-scale studies due to their efficiency of measuring PA levels in large populations (6) .The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) is an instrument which was developed by the International Consensus Group in 1998-1999 to establish a standardized and culturally adaptable measurement tool across various populations in the world (7) . IPAQ is designed to assess the levels of habitual PA for individuals ranging from young to middle-aged adults (i.e. 15-69 years old). In addition, there are different forms of IPAQ depending on several variations which include length of questionnaire (i.e. short or long form), reference period (i.e. last 7 d or usual week) and mode of administration (i.e. self-report or interviewer-based).Soon after IPAQ was developed it was translated into several different languages and numerous...

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Psychometric Properties of the IPAQ: A Validation Study in a Sample of Northern Franco-Ontarians

Cited by 56 publications

References 19 publications

Impact of an exercise intervention on methamphetamine use outcomes post residential treatment care

Impact of an exercise intervention on methamphetamine use outcomes post residential treatment care

Energetics and mechanics of walking in patients with chronic low back pain and healthy matched controls

Convergent validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ): meta-analysis

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