Validation of the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ)

Abstract

Introduction: The results of many studies confirm the positive effect of physical activity during pregnancy on the health of both mother and child. Due to this, it is important to use standardised methods of its assessment. In 2004, Chasan-Taber et al. developed the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ ), taking into account household/caregiving activities, occupational activities, sports/exercise activities, transportation activities, and inactivity. Aim of the research: The validation of the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ ) by determination of its reproducibility. Material and methods:The questionnaire was validated from June 2014 to February 2015 among 164 women. The respondents were surveyed twice in a 2-week interval. The repeatability of the questionnaire was verified by determining the Pearson correlation coefficient between the results obtained for the same people in the first and second interview, thus determining the intra-subject variability. Inter-subject variability was analysed by comparing the average values of physical activity for the whole group using the Student's t-test for dependent samples. Results: For all levels of physical activity, a high correlation between the results obtained in both interviews was found. The correlation coefficient for total physical activity was r = 0.96. The reproducibility of the results obtained from PPAQ questionnaire was the highest for inactivity and moderate activity (r = 0.96). The analysis according to the type of activity showed that the reproducibility was the highest for occupational activity (r = 0.98). Conclusions: High reproducibility of results obtained using PPAQ questionnaire was found. This allows the assessed questionnaire to be considered as an accurate measurement tool that can be a source of reliable information about physical activity in pregnant women.

A study of physical activity levels of pregnant women using the Polish version of Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ-Pl)

“…The studied women featured a higher contribution of moderate-intensity exercise (3.0-6.0 MET), and lower contribution of sedentary physical activity (< 1.5 METs), compared with women studied by other Polish authors. The women from Poznań spent less time watching TV or video movies, reading or making job unrelated telephone calls than women studied by Wojtyła [9], Krzepota [6] and Suliga [10].…”

“…In Poland, despite numerous publications examining the levels of physical activity of pregnant women, there have been very few studies using standardized measurement tools, e.g. Wojtyła [9], Krzepota [6], Suliga [10]. Those authors made use of the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) Chasan-Taber [11].…”

“…Those authors made use of the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) Chasan-Taber [11]. PPAQ has been transculturally adapted for Vietnamese [12], Japanese [13,14], French [15], Turkish [16] and Polish [6,10] populations. It can serve as a uniform criterion for measurement of physical activity of pregnant women that can be used for a comparative analysis considering cultural differences.…”

Evaluation of questionnaire as an instrument to measure the level of nutritional and weight gain knowledge in pregnant women in Poland. A pilot study

“…The questionnaire is part of an ongoing nationwide Polish survey designed to provide an overview of the nutritional, weight gain, and physical activity status of pregnant women. The survey is divided in the following sections: nutritional and weight gain knowledge, physical activity knowledge, 3-day food record, validated Polish food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) [34] and, validated Polish version [35] of the pregnancy physical activity questionnaire (PPAQ) [36]. Additionally, the survey also collected demographic information such as age, marital and socioeconomic status, smoking habits, and alcohol consumption.…”

Translation and transcultural adaptation of the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) into Spanish

“…Se trata de un cuestionario autoaplicado y fácil de cumplimentar, que solo requiere alrededor de 10 minutos para completarlo. Asimismo, el PPAQ se ha adaptado a un gran número de lenguas, entre las que es posible destacar el japonés (Matsuzaki et al, 2010), el polaco (Krzepota, Sadowska, Sempolska, & Pelczar, 2017¸ Krzepota, & Sadowska, 2017Suliga, Sobaś, & Król, 2017), el portugués (Passos Mesquita, 2015), el francés (Chandonnet, 2012) y el turco (Çırak, Yılmaz, Demir, Dalkılınç, & Yaman, 2015;Tosun et al, 2015).…”