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

Lee, Paul H; Macfarlane, Duncan J; Lam, TH; Stewart, Sunita M

doi:10.1186/1479-5868-8-115

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Table 2 Performance of the overall IPAQ-SF: Correlations between the objective measures and the IPAQ-SF overall physical activity levels (MET score, time spent, or novel definition by investigators) from 16 studies

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

Reference	Objective standard	Objective standard unit	IPAQ-SF total activity value used (Total PA min/wk: 2 × time spent on vigorous + moderate + walking, MET min/wk: 8 × vigorous + 4 × moderate + 3.3 × walking)	ρ	Effect size (< 0.2: negligible; 0.2 to 0.49: small; 0.5 to 0.79: moderate; ≥0.8: large)
Scheeres 2009 [18]	Actometer	Actometer score	MET min/wk	0.33	Small
Craig 2003 [17]	Accelerometer	Count	MET min/wk	0.30	Small
Dinger 2006 [25]¹	Accelerometer	Count	Total PA min/wk	0.21	Small
Vandelanotte 2005 [29]	Accelerometer	Count	Total PA min/wk	0.38	Small
Ekelund 2006 [31]²	Accelerometer	Count	MET min/wk	0.34	Small
Kaleth 2010 [33]³	Accelerometer	Count	Total PA min/wk	0.33	Small
Lachat 2008 [35]	Accelerometer	Count	MET min/wk	0.21	Small
Mader 2006 [36]⁴	Accelerometer	Count	MET min/wk	0.39	Small
Wolin 2008 [39]	Accelerometer	Total PA min/wk#	MET min/wk	0.26	Small
Rangul 2008 [23]⁵	Accelerometer	TEE	3 categories‡	0.09	Negligible
Kurtze 2008 [34]⁶	Accelerometer	AEE	MET min/wk	0.26	Small
Macfarlane 2007 [19]	Accelerometer	MET min/wk (Freedson)	MET min/wk	0.09	Negligible
Dinger 2006 [25]¹	Accelerometer	MET min/wk (Freedson)	Total PA min/wk	0.23	Small
Ekelund 2006 [31]²	Accelerometer	MET min/wk (Freedson)	MET min/wk	0.30	Small
Faulkner 2006 [32]	Accelerometer	Total PA min/wk	Total PA min/wk	0.37	Small
Deng 2008 [20]	Pedometer	Count	MET min/wk	0.33	Small
Dinger 2006 [25]¹	Pedometer	Count	Total PA min/wk	0.25	Small
De Cocker 2009 [30]	Pedometer	Count	Total PA min/wk	0.28	Small
Reference	Fitness measure	Objective standard unit	IPAQ-SF total activity value used	ρ	Effect size
Papathanasiou 2010 [37]	Treadmill	Maximum time endured	Total PA min/wk	0.36	Small
Kaleth 2010 [33]³	6-min walk test	Walking distance	Total PA min/wk	0.16	Negligible
Rangul 2008 [23]⁵	VO_2max	ml/kg/min	3 categories‡	0.32	Small
Kurtze 2008 [34]⁶	VO_2max	ml/kg/min	MET min/wk	0.30	Small
Mader 2006 [36]⁴	VO_2max	ml/kg/min	MET min/wk	0.24	Small

AEE: average energy expenditure
TEE: total energy expenditure
MET: metabolic equivalent task
MET min/wk (Freedson): moderate PA: 1952≤ count/min ≤5724, vigorous PA: count/min > 5724
Studies cited more than once have been identified with the same superscript number
3 categories‡: novel definition [23] of: low, moderate, high
#: Accelerometer counts were transformed to AEE, and then AEE was transformed to time spent on moderate and vigorous activity

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