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Table 9 Overall rating of psychometric properties for each PAQ using the levels of evidence by Schellingerhout et al. (2011)

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

Assessment

Internal Consistency

Reliability Testing

Measurement Error

Content validity

Structural validity

Hypothesis testing

EPAQ2

Usual 7-days

NR

Conflicting

NR

Indeterminate

NR

Strong

(Negative)

EPIC PAQ

Usual 7-days

NR

Strong

(Negative)

Indeterminate

Moderate

(Negative)

NR

Conflicting

IPEQ-WA

Usual 7-days

Indeterminate

Conflicting

NR

NR

Moderate

(Positive)

Moderate

(Positive)

NHS II

Usual 7-days

NR

Moderate

(Negative)

NR

NR

NR

Strong

(Positive)

SDANA

Usual 7-days

Indeterminate

Conflicting

NR

Moderate

(Positive)

NR

Conflicting

Stanford Usual Activity Questionnaire

Usual 7-days

NR

Moderate

(Negative)

NR

NR

NR

Moderate

(Negative)

YPAS

Usual 7 days

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Strong

(Negative)

AAS

Past 7-days

NR

Strong

(Negative)

NR

NR

NR

Moderate

(Negative)

CAQ-PAI

Past 7-days

Indeterminate

Strong

(Negative)

NR

NR

NR

Strong

(Negative)

Checklist Questionnaire

Past 7-days

NR

NR

NR

Strong

(Positive)

NR

Moderate

(Negative)

GPPAQ

Past 7-days

NR

Strong

(Negative)

NR

NR

NR

Indeterminate

IPAQ-LF

Past 7-days

NR

NR

NR

NR

NR

Indeterminate

IPAQ-SF

Past 7-days

NR

Moderate

(Negative)

NR

NR

NR

Strong

(Negative)

IPAQ-SF

(recall confidence)

Past 7-days

NR

Strong

(Negative)

NR

NR

NR

Strong

(Negative)

IPEQ-W

Past 7-days

Indeterminate

Conflicting

NR

NR

Moderate

(Positive)

Moderate

(Positive)

OSPAQ

Past 7-days

NR

Strong

(Positive)

NR

NR

NR

Conflicting

OSWEQ

Past 7-days

NR

Conflicting

NR

Limited

(Positive)

NR

Conflicting

PASE

Past 7-days

Conflicting

Strong

(Negative)

Indeterminate

Strong

(Positive)

NR

Conflicting

PA Recall Instrument

NR

Moderate

(Negative)

NR

NR

NR

Moderate

(Negative)

SPAQ2

Past 7-days

NR

Limited

(Positive)

NR

NR

NR

Moderate

(Positive)

Stanford 7-day Physical Activity Recall (PAR)

Past 7-days

Moderate

(Positive)

Strong

(Negative)

NR

NR

NR

Strong

(Negative)

TPAQ

Past 7-days

NR

Conflicting

NR

Moderate

(Positive)

NR

Conflicting

  1. Notes. Level of Evidence: Strong evidence positive/negative result (consistent findings in multiple studies of good methodological quality OR in one study of excellent methodological quality); Moderate evidence positive/negative results (consistent findings in multiple studies of fair methodological quality OR in one study of good methodological quality); Limited evidence positive/negative result (one study of fair methodological quality); Conflicting findings; Indeterminate = only indeterminate ratings on the measurement property (i.e., score = ? in Table 8); NR not reported
  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