International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country Reliability and Validity

Craig, Cora L.; Marshall, Alison L.; Sjöstróm, Michael; Bauman, Adrian; Booth, Michael; Ainsworth, Barbara E.; Pratt, Michael; Ekelund, Ulf; Yngve, Agneta; Sallis, James F.; Oja, Pekka

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“…Categories of alcohol use were derived from responses on the AUDIT36 by calculating the average number of drinks per week: no use (0), moderate use (1–21 for males, 1–14 for females), and heavy use (>21 for males, >14 for females). Physical activity was calculated from response to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), which uses the weekly duration of self‐reported vigorous, moderate, walking, and sitting activity to calculate Metabolic Equivalent Total (MET) minutes of activity per week (MET level × minutes of activity × events per week) 37, 38…”

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Bidirectional Prospective Associations of Metabolic Syndrome Components With Depression, Anxiety, and Antidepressant Use

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BackgroundMetabolic syndrome components—waist circumference, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL‐C), triglycerides, systolic blood pressure and fasting glucose—are cross‐sectionally associated with depression and anxiety with differing strength. Few studies examine the relationships over time or whether antidepressants have independent effects.MethodsParticipants were from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA; N = 2,776; 18–65 years; 66% female). At baseline, 2‐ and 6‐year follow‐up, participants completed diagnostic interviews, depression and anxiety symptom inventories, antidepressant use assessment, and measurements of the five metabolic syndrome components. Data were analyzed for the consistency of associations between psychopathology indicators and metabolic syndrome components across the three assessment waves, and whether psychopathology or antidepressant use at one assessment predicts metabolic dysregulation at the next and vice versa.ResultsConsistently across waves, psychopathology was associated with generally poorer values of metabolic syndrome components, particularly waist circumference and triglycerides. Stronger associations were observed for psychopathology symptom severity than diagnosis. Antidepressant use was independently associated with higher waist circumference, triglycerides and number of metabolic syndrome abnormalities, and lower HDL‐C. Symptom severity and antidepressant use were associated with subsequently increased number of abnormalities, waist circumference, and glucose after 2 but not 4 years. Conversely, there was little evidence that metabolic syndrome components were associated with subsequent psychopathology outcomes.ConclusionsSymptom severity and antidepressant use were independently associated with metabolic dysregulation consistently over time and also had negative consequences for short‐term metabolic health. This is of concern given the chronicity of depression and anxiety and prevalence of antidepressant treatment.

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Bidirectional Prospective Associations of Metabolic Syndrome Components With Depression, Anxiety, and Antidepressant Use

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“…For example, the Synchronized Nutrition and Activity Program [16] measures activity relevant only to primary school children, and contains items that are not common across broad sectors of the population. The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was developed to address these concerns by a group of experts in 1998 to facilitate surveillance of physical activity based on a global standard [17]. The IPAQ has since become the most widely used physical activity questionnaire [13], with two versions available: the 31 item long form (IPAQ-LF) and the 9 item short form (IPAQ-SF).…”

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“…The short form records the activity of four intensity levels: 1) vigorous-intensity activity such as aerobics, 2) moderate-intensity activity such as leisure cycling, 3) walking, and 4) sitting. The original authors recommended the "last 7 day recall" version of the IPAQ-SF for physical activity surveillance studies [17], in part because the burden on participants to report their activity is small.…”

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“…The IPAQ was first published with its validation based on a 12-country sample, and the authors recommended using the short form which measured physical activity by self-report over the previous 7 days [17]. Since that time, more validation studies have been published for this short-form than for any other physical activity questionnaires [13].…”

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“…Since that time, more validation studies have been published for this short-form than for any other physical activity questionnaires [13]. Despite the popularity of the IPAQ-SF and its widely accepted high reliability [13,17], there has been no systematic review of its validity. Van Poppel et al [13] have published a review of physical activity questionnaires used in adults, but included only four studies of the IPAQ-SF.…”

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Validity of the international physical activity questionnaire short form (IPAQ-SF): A systematic review

Lee

Macfarlane

Lam

et al. 2011

Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act

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BackgroundThe International Physical Activity Questionnaire - Short Form (IPAQ-SF) has been recommended as a cost-effective method to assess physical activity. Several studies validating the IPAQ-SF have been conducted with differing results, but no systematic review of these studies has been reported.MethodsThe keywords "IPAQ", "validation", and "validity" were searched in PubMed and Scopus. Studies published in English that validated the IPAQ-SF against an objective physical activity measuring device, doubly labeled water, or an objective fitness measure were included.ResultsTwenty-three validation studies were included in this review. There was a great deal of variability in the methods used across studies, but the results were largely similar. Correlations between the total physical activity level measured by the IPAQ-SF and objective standards ranged from 0.09 to 0.39; none reached the minimal acceptable standard in the literature (0.50 for objective activity measuring devices, 0.40 for fitness measures). Correlations between sections of the IPAQ-SF for vigorous activity or moderate activity level/walking and an objective standard showed even greater variability (-0.18 to 0.76), yet several reached the minimal acceptable standard. Only six studies provided comparisons between physical activity levels derived from the IPAQ-SF and those obtained from objective criterion. In most studies the IPAQ-SF overestimated physical activity level by 36 to 173 percent; one study underestimated by 28 percent.ConclusionsThe correlation between the IPAQ-SF and objective measures of activity or fitness in the large majority of studies was lower than the acceptable standard. Furthermore, the IPAQ-SF typically overestimated physical activity as measured by objective criterion by an average of 84 percent. Hence, the evidence to support the use of the IPAQ-SF as an indicator of relative or absolute physical activity is weak.

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Validity of Beachgoers' Self-report of Their Sun Habits

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Arch Dermatol

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International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-Country Reliability and Validity

Cited by 16,460 publications

References 13 publications

Bidirectional Prospective Associations of Metabolic Syndrome Components With Depression, Anxiety, and Antidepressant Use

Bidirectional Prospective Associations of Metabolic Syndrome Components With Depression, Anxiety, and Antidepressant Use

Validity of the international physical activity questionnaire short form (IPAQ-SF): A systematic review

Validity of Beachgoers' Self-report of Their Sun Habits

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