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Validation of the Regicor Short Physical Activity Questionnaire for the Adult Population.

Authors :
Luis Molina
Manuel Sarmiento
Judith Peñafiel
David Donaire
Judith Garcia-Aymerich
Miquel Gomez
Mireia Ble
Sonia Ruiz
Albert Frances
Helmut Schröder
Jaume Marrugat
Roberto Elosua
Source :
PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 1, p e0168148 (2017)
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2017.

Abstract

To develop and validate a short questionnaire to estimate physical activity (PA) practice and sedentary behavior for the adult population.The short questionnaire was developed using data from a cross-sectional population-based survey (n = 6352) that included the Minnesota leisure-time PA questionnaire. Activities that explained a significant proportion of the variability of population PA practice were identified. Validation of the short questionnaire included a cross-sectional component to assess validity with respect to the data collected by accelerometers and a longitudinal component to assess reliability and sensitivity to detect changes (n = 114, aged 35 to 74 years).Six types of activities that accounted for 87% of population variability in PA estimated with the Minnesota questionnaire were selected. The short questionnaire estimates energy expenditure in total PA and by intensity (light, moderate, vigorous), and includes 2 questions about sedentary behavior and a question about occupational PA. The short questionnaire showed high reliability, with intraclass correlation coefficients ranging between 0.79 to 0.95. The Spearman correlation coefficients between estimated energy expenditure obtained with the questionnaire and the number of steps detected by the accelerometer were as follows: 0.36 for total PA, 0.40 for moderate intensity, and 0.26 for vigorous intensity. The questionnaire was sensitive to detect changes in moderate and vigorous PA (correlation coefficients ranging from 0.26 to 0.34).The REGICOR short questionnaire is reliable, valid, and sensitive to detect changes in moderate and vigorous PA. This questionnaire could be used in daily clinical practice and epidemiological studies.

Subjects

Subjects :
Medicine
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
19326203
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
PLoS ONE
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3f7f28e97474d6b99afd90fd9528235
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0168148