Validity and reliability of international physical activity questionnaires for adults across EU countries : systematic review and meta analysis

Sember, Vedrana (author), Meh, Kaja (author), Sorić, Maroje (author), Starc, Gregor (author), Rocha, Paulo (author), Jurak, Gregor (author)

This review and meta-analysis (PROSPERO registration number: CRD42020138845) critically evaluates test-retest reliability, concurrent validity and criterion validity of different physical activity (PA) levels of three most commonly used international PA questionnaires (PAQs) in official language versions of European Union (EU): International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-SF), Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ), and European Health Interview Survey-Physical Activity Questionnaire (EHIS-PAQ). In total, 1749 abstracts were screened, 287 full-text articles were identified as relevant to the study objectives, and 20 studies were included. The studies’ results and quality were evaluated using the Quality Assessment of Physical Activity Questionnaires checklist. Results indicate that only ten EU countries validated official language versions of selected PAQs. A meta-analysis revealed that assessment of moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) is the most relevant PA level outcome, since no publication bias in any of measurement properties was detected while test-retest reliability was moderately high (r$_w$ = 0.74), moderate for the criterion (r$_w$ = 0.41) and moderately-high for concurrent validity (r$_w$ = 0.72). Reporting of methods and results of the studies was poor, with an overall moderate risk of bias with a total score of 0.43. In conclusion, where only self-reporting of PA is feasible, assessment of MVPA with selected PAQs in EU adult populations is recommended.

• Language: English
• Keywords: sport, measurement characteristics, policy, European Union, EU, physical activity, adults, measurement properties, reliability, validity, language version, questionnaires, IPAQ, GPAQ, EHIS-PAQ
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FŠ - Faculty of Sport
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2020
• Number of pages: 23 str.
• Numbering: Vol. 17, iss. 19, art. 7161
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134655
• UDC: 796.01-053.8
• ISSN on article: 1660-4601
• DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17197161
• COBISS.SI-ID: 30521347
• Publication date in RUL: 24.01.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: International journal of environmental research and public health
• Shortened title: Int. j. environ. res. public health
• Publisher: MDPI
• ISSN: 1660-4601
• COBISS.SI-ID: 1818965

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 01.10.2020

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: šport, politika, Evropska unija, EU, telesna dejavnost, odrasli, vprašalniki, meritve, merske značilnosti, kriteriji kakovostnega merjenja, jezikovne različice

Projects

• Funder: EC - European Commission
• Funding programme: Erasmus+
• Project number: 590662-EPP-1-2017-1-PT-SPO-SCP
• Acronym: EUPASMOS

• Funder: ARRS - Slovenian Research Agency
• Project number: P5-0142
• Name: Bio-psiho-socialni konteksti kineziologije