Validation Studies of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ)

Craig et al. 2003

See reference #33

Methods

Relation between Short, last 7 day, telephone (S7T), Short, last 7 day, self-administered (S7S,) Short usual week, telephone (SUT), Short, usual week, self-administered (SUS), Long, last 7 day, telephone (L7T), Long, last 7 day, self-administered (L7S,) Long usual week, telephone (LUT), Long, usual week, self-administered (LUS) versions of (IPAQ) and CSA accelerometer total counts per registered time. *LUI, SUI left undefined (Spearman’s coefficients)

Sample

Adults from 14 centers in 10 countries (BRA UK, FIN, USA1, USA2, NET, SW GU, SA, AUS, JAP 18- to 65-years of age.

Summary Results

	Site	Total PA	Total PA Using pace	Total PA Excl slow pace	ACC >150 min/wk
IPAQ Long Forms:
L7S	UK1	0.43	0.42	0.38	0.83
	FIN	0.52	0.52	0.49	0.89
	USA1	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.31
	USA2	0.32	0.36	0.34	0.81
	NET	0.38	0.37	0.38	1.0
	SW	0.24	0.25	0.29	0.82
LUT	USA2	0.52	0.52	0.52	0.86
	GU	0.59	0.59	0.57	0.80
	GU	0.61	0.62	0.60	0.80
	GU	0.39	0.43	0.41	0.75
LUI*	SA	0.52	0.52	0.51	0.86
	SA	0.46	0.45	0.44	0.85
LUS	JAP	0.36	0.36	0.33	0.72
	USA1	-0.02	-0.01	0.02	0.35
	BRA	-0.27	-0.26	-0.31	0.46
IPAQ Short Forms:
S7T	AUS	0.12	0.14	0.23	0.74
S7S	FIN	0.47	0.49	0.51	0.88
	USA1	0.26	0.27	0.25	0.46
	USA2	0.27	0.27	0.28	0.81
	NET	0.32	0.30	0.34	0.93
	SW	0.02	0.02	0.14	0.71
	UK1	0.40	0.40	0.38	0.81
SUT	USA2	0.57	0.57	0.57	0.86
SUI*	GU	0.54	0.36	0.43	0.79
	GU	0.45	0.45	0.01	0.77
	GU	0.42	0.45	0.37	0.80
	SA	0.45	0.45	0.43	0.85
	SA	0.37	0.45	0.33	0.84
SUS	JAP	0.32	0.45	0.30	0.65
	USA1	0.13	0.45	0.13	0.50
	BRA	0.12	0.45	0.17	0.75

No p values provided

Summary Legend:
S7T = Short, last 7 day, telephone
S7S = Short, last 7 day, self-administered
SUT = Short, usual week, telephone
SUS = Short, usual week, self-administered
L7T = Long, last 7 day, telephone
L7S = Long, last 7 day, self-administered
LUT = Long, usual week, telephone
LUS = Long, usual week, self-administered