Validity and Reliability of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in College Students

Dinger, Mary K.; Behrens, Timothy K.; Han, Jennifer L.

doi:10.1080/19325037.2006.10598924

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“…Among college students, the IPAQ is not highly correlated to accelerometers and pedometers (scores range from 0.15–0.26 in previous studies). The IPAQ does have reasonable test-retest reliability (scores range from 0.71–0.89; Dinger, Behrens, & Han, 2006). …”

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The impact of E-diaries and accelerometers on young adults' perceived and objectively assessed physical activity

Eisenberg

Phillips

Fowler

et al. 2017

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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Objective E-diaries and accelerometers promise more objective, real-time measurements of health behavior. However, social-psychological theory suggests that using electronic behavioral monitoring may influence rather than just record physical activity (PA), especially when a device is novel. Design Participants (n=146) were randomly assigned to either an accelerometer-only, e-diary-only, accelerometer+e-diary, or a no-technology control group for one week to assess how these technologies influenced PA, both perceived and actual, in young adults. Method Participants reported their PA, overall and number of discrete exercise sessions (DES) at baseline and follow-up; accelerometers provided daily step counts and e-diaries captured daily reports of PA for the active week of the study. Results Average daily steps in the accelerometer-only and accelerometer+e-diary groups did not differ nor did daily reports of PA via e-diary compared to accelerometer+e-diary group, showing that neither technology affected actual PA. ANCOVAS tested group differences in perceived PA; The accelerometer-only group had increased perceived overall PA but not DES compared to no-technology control. Conclusions Accelerometers may increase perceived overall PA, but the tested technologies did not increase DES or actual PA, suggesting that they may be viable unbiased measures of PA.

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The impact of E-diaries and accelerometers on young adults' perceived and objectively assessed physical activity

Eisenberg

Phillips

Fowler

et al. 2017

Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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“…maximum oxygen uptake, VO2max [23]) have also been used as a reference standard to compare the IPAQ-SF because physical activity is strongly associated with cardiorespiratory fitness [24]. Several of the objective measures yield different indices of activity, and the findings regarding validity may vary according to which index and objective measure is used as the standard, for example, both time spent in physical activity and raw count data have been used as a measure of physical activity from accelerometer [25]. Variations also occur in how the objective measured data were transformed, for example the transformation algorithm from raw accelerometer data to time spent in moderate to vigorous physical activity [26,27].…”

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Performance of the international physical activity questionnaire (short form) in subgroups of the Hong Kong chinese population

Lee

McDowell

et al. 2011

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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BackgroundThe International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-SF) has been validated and recommended as an efficient method to assess physical activity, but its validity has not been investigated in different population subgroups. We examined variations in IPAQ validity in the Hong Kong Chinese population by six factors: sex, age, job status, educational level, body mass index (BMI), and visceral fat level (VFL).MethodsA total of 1,270 adults (aged 42.9 ± SD 14.4 years, 46.1% male) completed the Chinese version of IPAQ (IPAQ-C) and wore an accelerometer (ActiGraph) for four days afterwards. The IPAQ-C and the ActiGraph were compared in terms of estimated Metabolic Equivalent Task minutes per week (MET-min/wk), minutes spent in activity of moderate or vigorous intensity (MVPA), and agreement in the classification of physical activity.ResultsThe overall Spearman correlation (ρ) of between the IPAQ-C and ActiGraph was low (0.11 ± 0.03; range in subgroups 0.06-0.24) and was the highest among high VFL participants (0.24 ± 0.05). Difference between self-reported and ActiGraph-derived MET-min/wk (overall 2966 ± 140) was the smallest among participants with tertiary education (1804 ± 208). When physical activity was categorized into over or under 150 min/wk, overall agreement between self-report and accelerometer was 81.3% (± 1.1%; subgroup range: 77.2%-91.4%); agreement was the highest among those who were employed full-time in physically demanding jobs (91.4% ± 2.7%).ConclusionsSex, age, job status, educational level, and obesity were found to influence the criterion validity of IPAQ-C, yet none of the subgroups showed good validity (ρ = 0.06 to 0.24). IPAQ-SF validity is questionable in our Chinese population.

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“…This questionnaire has been validated to assess PA by requiring subjects to recall their PA behavior for the previous seven days (Dinger et al 2006). The PA is categorized into sedentary time, walking, moderate or vigorous activity each day and representative of a typical week of PA.…”

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Does chronic physical activity level modify the airway inflammatory response to an acute bout of exercise in the postprandial period?

Kurti

Rosenkranz

Chapes

et al. 2017

Appl. Physiol. Nutr. Metab.

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Recent studies have confirmed that a single high-fat meal (HFM) leads to increased airway inflammation. However exercise is a natural anti-inflammatory and may modify post-prandial airway inflammation. The post-prandial airway inflammatory response is likely to be modified by chronic physical activity (PA) level. Purpose To investigate whether chronic PA modifies the airway inflammatory response to an acute bout of exercise in the post-prandial period in both insufficiently active and active subjects. Methods Thirty-nine non-asthmatic subjects (twenty active (ACT), 13M/7F) who exceeded PA guidelines (≥150 min moderate-vigorous PA/week) and (nineteen insufficiently active (IN), 6M/13F) underwent an incremental treadmill test to exhaustion to determine VO2peak. Subjects were then randomized to a condition (COND), either remaining sedentary (CON) or exercising (EX) post-HFM. Exercise was performed at the heart rate corresponding to 60% VO2peak on a treadmill one-hour post-HFM (63% fat, 10kcal/kgbw). Blood lipids and exhaled nitric oxide (eNO: marker of airway inflammation) were measured at baseline, 2 h and 4 h post-HFM. Sputum differential cell counts were performed at baseline and 4 h post-HFM. Results The mean eNO response for all groups increased at 2 h post-HFM (∼6%) and returned to baseline by 4 h (p=0.03). There was a time*COND interaction (p=0.04), where EX had a greater eNO response at 4 hours compared to CON. Sputum neutrophils increased at 4 hours post-HFM (p<0.05). Conclusion These findings suggest that airway inflammation occurs after a HFM when exercise is performed in the postprandial period, regardless of habitual activity level.

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Validity and Reliability of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in College Students

Cited by 153 publications

References 24 publications

The impact of E-diaries and accelerometers on young adults' perceived and objectively assessed physical activity

The impact of E-diaries and accelerometers on young adults' perceived and objectively assessed physical activity

Performance of the international physical activity questionnaire (short form) in subgroups of the Hong Kong chinese population

Does chronic physical activity level modify the airway inflammatory response to an acute bout of exercise in the postprandial period?

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