Validation of a New Physical Activity Questionnaire for a Sedentary Population
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Joel H. Rubenstein Hal Morgenstern Joan Kellenberg Tal Kalish Jena Donovan John Inadomi Daniel McConnell Jadranka Stojanovska Philip S
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
Background Many available physical activity questionnaires (PAQs) are limited due to either focus on recreational activities or burdensome length. Aims We sought to assess the reliability and validity of a new short PAQ that captures all activity types. Methods The 12-item multiple-choice PAQ-M included eight activity domains, providing a total Physical Activity Score (PAS-M) in kcal/kg/week. The new PAQ-M was administered with the previously validated Paffenbarger PAQ to 426 men, ages 50–79, undergoing colon-cancer screening. Results The PAQ-M had excellent test–retest reliability (intraclass correlation = 0.87). The PAS-M was moderately correlated with the Paffenbarger Physical Activity Score (PAS-P) (r = 0.31) and inversely correlated with BMI (r = -0.14) and waist circumference (r = -0.17). Adenoma prevalence was inversely associated with the PAS-M (3rd vs. 1st tertile adjusted odds ratio, 0.46; 95% confidence interval, 0.26–0.84) but not with the PAS-P. Conclusions Our new short physical activity questionnaire has excellent test–retest reliability, and was correlated moderately with a widely used physical activity questionnaire and obesity measures. Furthermore, the new PAQ was a better predictor of adenoma prevalence in the expected direction than the Paffenbarger questionnaire in this largely sedentary population
Dig Dis Sci DOI 10.1007/s10620-011-1641-y Received: 24 November 2010 / Accepted: 14 February 2011
