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Table 7 The weighted mean of the correlation coefficients (r-value) for reliability testing and validity of Past-week and Usual-week PAQs

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

Reliability Testing

Instrument

r-values

Sample (n)

EPAQ2

Usual-week

0.66

399

EPIC-PAQK

Usual-week

0.65

270

IPEQ-WAI

Usual-week

NR

NR

NHS II

Usual-week

0.51

231

SDANA

Usual-week

0.69

112

Stanford

Usual-week

0.46

59

YPAS

Usual-week

NR

NR

AAS

Past-week

0.59

159

CAQ-PAI

Past-week

0.69

118

Checklist

Past-week

NR

NR

IPAQ-LF

Past-week

NR

NR

IPAQ-SFI

Past-week

NR

NR

IPAQ-SF-R

Past-week

0.46

83

IPEQ-WI

Past-week

NR

NR

OSPAQI

Past-week

NR

NR

OSWEQ

Past-week

0.74

49

PASE

Past-week

0.75

218

PA RecallI

Past-week

NR

NR

SPAQ

Past-week

0.99

34

Stanford

Past-week

0.48

240

TPAQI,K

Past-week

NR

NR

 Average for Usual-week PAQs

0.62

1071

 Average for Past-week PAQs

0.62

901

Validity testing

 EPAQ2

  Usual-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.18

4386

  Direct

0.18

4386

  Indirect

0.03

173

 EPIC-PAC

  Usual-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.22

266

  Direct

0.21

266

  Indirect

NR

NR

 IPEQ-WA

  Usual-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.82

50

  Direct

0.05

173

  Indirect

NR

NR

 NHS II

  Usual-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.69

233

  Direct

0.69

233

  Indirect

NR

NR

 SDANA

  Usual-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.20

327

  Direct

0.28

138

  Indirect

0.16

296

 Stanford

  Usual-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.19

69

  Direct

0.05

73

  Indirect

0.33

64

 YPAS

  Usual-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.09

138

  Direct

0.43

159

  Indirect

0.09

138

 AAS

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.43

159

  Direct

0.43

159

  Indirect

NR

NR

 CAQ-PAI

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.14

1178

  Direct

0.28

297

  Indirect

0.12

1064

 Checklist

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.31

220

  Direct

0.31

220

  Indirect

NR

NR

 IPAQ-LF

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

NR

NR

  Direct

NR

NR

  Indirect

NR

NR

 IPAQ-SF

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.41

113

  Direct

0.41

113

  Indirect

NR

NR

 IPAQ-SF-R

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.27

85

  Direct

0.27

85

  Indirect

NR

NR

 IPEQ-W

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.82

50

  Direct

0.82

50

  Indirect

NR

NR

 OSPAQ

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.49

103

  Direct

0.49

103

  Indirect

NR

NR

 OSWEQ

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.42

49

  Direct

0.42

49

  Indirect

NR

NR

 PASE

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.32

2477

  Direct

0.38

1242

  Indirect

0.33

1671

 PA Recall

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.30

178

  Direct

0.30

178

  Indirect

NR

NR

 SPAQ

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.13

30

  Direct

0.13

30

  Indirect

NR

NR

 Stanford

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.24

271

  Direct

0.23

271

  Indirect

0.26

147

 TPAQ

  Past-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.72

46

  Direct

0.72

46

  Indirect

NR

NR

 Average for Usual-week PAQs

Direct & Indirect (r = 0.20)

Direct (r = 0.20)

Indirect (r = 0.13)

Direct & Indirect (n = 5592)

Direct (n = 5269)

Indirect (n = 671)

 Average for Past-week PAQs

Direct & Indirect (r = 0.29)

Direct (r = 0.33)

Indirect (r = 0.24)

Direct & Indirect (n = 4959)

Direct (n = 2843)

Indirect (n = 2882)

 Past-week and Usual-week PAQs

Direct (r = 0.25)

Indirect (r = 0.22)

Direct (n = 8112)

Indirect (n = 3553)

  1. Direct – direct measures comparisons of physical activity measures (e.g., physical activity level between PAQ and other PAQs, diaries or objective measures) for convergent validity
  2. Indirect - Indirect 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
  3. NR - did not report r-values
  4. Icalculated intraclass correlation coefficient for test-retest reliability
  5. Kcalculated kappa for test-retest reliability
  6. 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
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

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