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Table 6 Overview of the methodological quality assessment of usual-week and past-week physical activity questionnaires using the COSMIN checklist

From: Comparison of psychometric properties between usual-week and past-week self-reported physical activity questionnaires: a systematic review

Instrument

Study

Measurement properties

Reliability

Content validity

Construct Validity

Internal consistency

Reliability testinga

Measurement error

Structural validity

Hypothesis testingbc

EPAQ2 Usual 7-days

Espana-Romero, Golubic [48]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 80.6% (Excellent)

Discriminant: 78.1% (Excellent)

Golubic, Martin [49]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 81.3% (Excellent)

Discriminant: 83.3% (Excellent)

Wareham, Jakes [29]

NR

86.1% (Excellent)

NR

65.0%

(Good)

NR

Direct: 77.8% (Excellent)

Indirect: 77.8%(Excellent)

EPIC PAQ Usual 7-days

Cust, Smith [27]

NR

77.3% (Excellent)

81.8%

(Excellent)

NR

NR

Direct: 80.6% (Excellent)

Discriminant: 87.5% (Excellent)

Cust, Armstrong [41]

NR

77.3% (Excellent)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 77.8% (Excellent)

Wareham, Jakes [50]

NR

76.9% (Excellent)

NR

70.0%

(Good)

NR

Direct: 83.3% (Excellent)

Indirect: 80.6% (Excellent)

Discriminant: 81.3% (Excellent)

IPEQ-WA Usual 7-days

Delbaere, Hauer [11]

84.4

(Excellent)

75.0% (Good)

NR

NR

75.0%

(Good)

Direct: 75.0% (Good)

NHS II Usual 7-days

Wolf, Hunter [51]

NR

73.9% (Good)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 77.8% (Excellent)

Discriminant: 65.6% (Good)

SDANA Usual 7-days

Singh, Tonstad [33]

55.0

(Good)

73.1% (Good)

NR

70.0%

(Good)

NR

Indirect: 75.0% (Good)

Discriminant: 71.9% (Good)

Singh, Fraser [52]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 83.3% (Excellent)

Indirect: 80.6% (Excellent)

Discriminant: 75.0% (Good)

Stanford Usual Activity Questionnaire

Usual 7-days

Jacobs, Ainsworth [53]

NR

72.7% (Good)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 72.2% (Good)

Indirect: 75.0% (Good)

YPAS Usual 7 days

Resnicow, McCarty [54]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Indirect: 77.8% (Excellent)

AAS Past 7-days

Brown, Burton [55]

NR

86.4% (Excellent)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 75.0% (Good)

Discriminant: 65.6% (Good)

CAQ-PAI Past 7-days

Ainsworth, Berry [56]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Indirect: 83.3% (Excellent)

Ainsworth, Leon [57]

NR

65.9% (Good)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 72.2% (Good)

Indirect: 69.4% (Good)

Albanes, Conway [58]

32.5 (Fair)

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 58.3% (Good)

Bassett, Cureton [59]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 72.7% (Good)

Jacobs, Ainsworth [53]

NR

72.7% (Good)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 72.2% (Good)

Indirect: 75.0% (Good)

Resnicow, McCarty [54]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Indirect: 77.8% (Excellent)

Strath, Bassett [60]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 63.9% (Good)

Discriminant: 59.4% (Good)

Washburn, Goldfield [61]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Indirect: 83.3% (Excellent)

Checklist Questionnaire

Past 7-days

Masse, Fulton [38]

NR

NR

NR

80.0%

(Excellent)

NR

Direct: 72.2% (Good)

GPPAQ Past 7-days

Ahmad, Harris [62]

NR

85.4% (Excellent)

NR

NR

NR

Discriminant: 62.5% (Good)

IPAQ-LF Past 7-days

McKeon, Slevin [63]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 63.9% (Good)

IPAQ-SF Past 7-days

Kaleth, Ang [64]

NR

75.0% (Good)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 63.9% (Good)

Tierney, Fraser [65]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 69.4% (Good)

Warner, Wolin [66]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 80.6% (Excellent)

IPAQ-SF

(recall confidence)

Past 7-days

Cust, Armstrong [41]

NR

77.3% (Excellent)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 77.8% (Excellent)

IPEQ-W Past 7-days

Delbaere, Hauer [11]

84.4

(Excellent)

75.0% (Good)

NR

NR

75.0

(Good)

Direct: 75.0% (Good)

OSPAQ Past 7-days

Chau, Van Der Ploeg [42]

NR

50.0% (Fair)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 75.0% (Good)

Jancey, Tye [79]

NR

79.5% (Excellent)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 72.2% (Good)

OSWEQ Past 7-days

Taylor, Lawton [43]

NR

50.0% (Good)

NR

45.0%

(Fair)

NR

Direct: 75.0% (Good)

PASE Past 7-days

Allison, Keller [67]

72.2

(Good)

75.0% (Good)

NR

80.0%

(Excellent)

NR

NR

DePew, Garofoli [28]

NR

67.5% (Good)

70.5%

(Good)

NR

NR

NR

Ewald, McEvoy [68]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 83.3% (Excellent)

Garfield, Canavan [69]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 77.8% (Excellent)

Granger, Parry [70]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 88.9% (Excellent)

Harada, Chiu [71]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 72.2% (Good)

Indirect: 69.4% (Good)

Martin, Rejeski [72]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Indirect: 80.6% (Excellent)

Washburn, Smith [44]

69.4

(Good)

72.7% (Good)

NR

75.0%

(Good)

NR

Indirect: 75.0% (Good)

Washburn and Ficker [73]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 66.7% (Good)

Washburn, McAuley [74]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Indirect: 83.3% (Excellent)

Zalewski, Smith [75]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 80.6% (Excellent)

Indirect: 80.6% (Excellent)

PA Recall Instrument

Timperio, Salmon [45]

NR

71.5% (Good)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 75.0% (Good)

SPAQ2 Past 7-days

Lowther, Mutrie [46]

NR

45.0% (Fair)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 72.2% (Good)

Discriminant: 75.0% (Good)

Stanford 7-day Physical Activity Recall (PAR)

Past 7-days

Ainsworth, Jacobs [76]

NR

79.5% (Excellent)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 80.0% (Excellent)

Ainsworth, Richardson [77]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 80.6% (Excellent)

Dishman and Steinhardt [78]

54.5

(Good)

63.6% (Good)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 72.2% (Good)

Indirect: 72.2% (Good)

Jacobs, Ainsworth [53]

NR

72.7% (Good)

NR

NR

NR

Direct: 72.2% (Good)

Indirect: 75.0% (Good)

TPAQ Past 7-days

Adams, Goad [47]

NR

77.1% (Excellent)

NR

70.0%

(Good)

NR

Direct: 77.8% (Excellent)

  1. Notes. aAll test-retest reliability tests; bDirect comparisons of physical activity measures (e.g., physical activity level between PAQ and other PAQs, diaries or objective measures) for convergent validity; cIndirect comparisons of physical activity measures (e.g., physical activity level between PAQ and physical fitness, given the assumption that individuals with greater level of physical activity would have a greater level of physical fitness) for construct validity
  2. EPAQ2 EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire 2, EPIC PAQ EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire, IPEC-WA Incidental and Planned Exercise Questionnaire for the Usual-week, IPEC-W Incidental and Planned Exercise Questionnaire for the Past-week, NHS II Nurse’s Health Study, SDANA Seven-day Adventists and non-Adventists, YPAS Yale Physical Activity Survey, AAS Active Australia Survey, CAQ-PAI College Alumnus Questionnaire Physical Activity Index, GPPAQ General practice physical activity questionnaire, IPAQ-LF International Physical Activity Questionnaire – Long Form, IPAQ-SF International Physical Activity Questionnaire – Short Form, OSPAQ Occupational Sitting & Physical Activity Questionnaire, OSWEQ Online Self-reported Walking and Exercise Questionnaire, PASE Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly, SPAQ2 Scottish Physical Activity Questionnaire, PAR Stanford 7-day Physical Activity Recall, TPAQ Transport Physical Activity Questionnaire