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Validity and reliability of an adapted arabic version of the long international physical activity questionnaire
- Source :
- BMC Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2017), BMC Public Health
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- BMC, 2017.
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Abstract
- Background The International Physical Actvity Questionnaire (IPAQ) is a validated tool for physical activity assessment used in many countries however no Arabic version of the long-form of this questionnaire exists to this date. Hence, the aim of this study was to cross-culturally adapt and validate an Arabic version of the long International Physical Activity Questionnaire (AIPAQ) equivalent to the French version (F-IPAQ) in a Lebanese population. Methods The guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation provided by the World Health Organization and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire committee were followed. One hundred fifty-nine students and staff members from Saint Joseph University of Beirut were randomly recruited to participate in the study. Items of the A-IPAQ were compared to those from the F-IPAQ for concurrent validity using Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Content validity of the questionnaire was assessed using factor analysis for the A-IPAQ’s items. The physical activity indicators derived from the A-IPAQ were compared with the body mass index (BMI) of the participants for construct validity. The instrument was also evaluated for internal consistency reliability using Cronbach’s alpha and Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC). Finally, thirty-one participants were asked to complete the A-IPAQ on two occasions three weeks apart to examine its test–retest reliability. Bland-Altman analyses were performed to evaluate the extent of agreement between the two versions of the questionnaire and its repeated administrations. Results A high correlation was observed between answers of the F-IPAQ and those of the A-IPAQ, with Spearman’s correlation coefficients ranging from 0.91 to 1.00 (p
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Correlation coefficient
Intraclass correlation
Population
Concurrent validity
Validity
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Cronbach's alpha
Content validity
medicine
030212 general & internal medicine
education
education.field_of_study
030109 nutrition & dietetics
Arabic IPAQ
business.industry
Physical activity
lcsh:Public aspects of medicine
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Construct validity
lcsh:RA1-1270
Reliability
International physical activity questionnaire
Physical therapy
business
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14712458
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- BMC Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d15145b94cda8dc3600d7b04ca655bd4