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Table 8 Quality of psychometric properties based on the criteria by Terwee et al. (2007) and Schellingerhout et al. (2011)

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

Instrument

Study

Measurement properties of questionnaires

Reliability

Content validity

Construct Validity

Internal Consistency

Reliability testing

Measurement Error

Structural validity

Hypothesis testing

EPAQ2 Usual 7-days

Espana-Romero, Golubic [48]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

? (Discriminant)

Golubic, Martin [49]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

+ (Discriminant)

Wareham, Jakes [29]

NR

±

NR

?

NR

- (Direct)

- (Indirect)

EPIC PAQ Usual 7-days

Cust, Smith [27]

NR

-

?

NR

NR

- (Direct)

+ (Discriminant)

Cust, Armstrong [41]

NR

±

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

Wareham, Jakes [50]

NR

-

NR

-

NR

? (Direct)

? (Indirect)

+ (Discriminant)

IPEQ-WA Usual 7-days

Delbaere, Hauer [11]

?

±

NR

NR

+

+ (Direct)

NHS II Usual 7-days

Wolf, Hunter [51]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

+ (Direct)

? (Discriminant)

SDANA

Usual 7-days

Singh, Tonstad [33]

?

±

NR

+

NR

- (Indirect)

+ (Discriminant)

Singh, Fraser [52]

NR

±

NR

NR

NR

± (Direct)

- (Indirect)

? (Discriminant)

Stanford Usual Activity Questionnaire

Usual 7-days

Jacobs, Ainsworth [53]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

- (Indirect)

YPAS Usual 7 days

Resnicow, McCarty [54]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Indirect)

AAS Past 7-days

Brown, Burton [55]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

? (Discriminant)

CAQ-PAI Past 7-days

Ainsworth, Berry [56]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

? (Direct)

Ainsworth, Leon [57]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

± (Direct)

± (Indirect)

Albanes, Conway [58]

?

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

Bassett, Cureton [59]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

Jacobs, Ainsworth [53]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

- (Indirect)

Resnicow, McCarty [54]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Indirect)

Strath, Bassett [60]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

+ (Discriminant)

Washburn, Goldfield [61]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Indirect)

Checklist Questionnaire

Past 7-days

Masse, Fulton [38]

NR

NR

NR

+

NR

- (Direct)

GPPAQ Past 7-days

Ahmad, Harris [62]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

?

IPAQ-LF Past 7-days

McKeon, Slevin [63]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

? (Direct)

IPAQ-SF Past 7-days

Kaleth, Ang [64]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

Tierney, Fraser [65]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

Warner, Wolin [66]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

IPAQ-SF

(recall confidence)

Past 7-days

Cust, Armstrong [41]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

IPEQ-W Past 7-days

Delbaere, Hauer [11]

?

±

NR

NR

+

+ (Direct)

OSPAQ Past 7-days

Chau, Van Der Ploeg [42]

NR

+

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

Jancey, Tye [79]

NR

+

NR

NR

NR

+ (Direct)

OSWEQ Past 7-days

Taylor, Lawton [43]

NR

±

NR

+

NR

± (Direct)

PASE Past 7-days

Allison, Keller [67]

+

-

NR

+

NR

NR

DePew, Garofoli [28]

NR

-

?

NR

NR

NR

Ewald, McEvoy [68]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

Garfield, Canavan [69]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

+ (Direct)

Granger, Parry [70]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

+ (Direct)

Harada, Chiu [71]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

+ (Direct)

+ (Indirect)

Martin, Rejeski [72]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Indirect)

Washburn and Ficker [73]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

Washburn, McAuley [74]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Indirect)

Washburn, Smith [44]

-

-

NR

+

NR

- (Indirect)

Zalewski, Smith [75]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

- (Indirect)

PA Recall Instrument

Timperio, Salmon [45]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

SPAQ2 Past 7-days

Lowther, Mutrie [46]

NR

+

NR

NR

NR

+ (Direct)

+ (Discriminant)

Stanford 7-day Physical Activity Recall (PAR)

Past 7-days

Ainsworth, Jacobs [76]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

Ainsworth, Richardson [77]

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

Dishman and Steinhardt [78]

+

-

NR

NR

NR

+ (Direct)

- (Indirect)

Jacobs, Ainsworth [53]

NR

-

NR

NR

NR

- (Direct)

- (Indirect)

TPAQ Past 7-days

Adams, Goad [47]

NR

±

NR

+

NR

± (Direct)

  1. 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