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Table 7 The weighted mean of the r-values for reliability testing and convergent validity of Past-week and Usual-week physical activity questionnaires

From: Comparison of psychometric properties between recall methods of interview-based physical activity questionnaires: a systematic review

Instrument

r-values

Sample (n)

Reliability testing

 CaMos Usual-week

NR

NR

 IPEQ-WA Usual-week

NR

NR

 MAQ Usual-week

0.91

46

 NHS II Usual 7-days

NR

NR

 Phone-FITT Usual-week

NR

NR

 YPAS Usual 7-days

0.56

198

 AAS Past 7-days

NR

NR

 AAS (modified) Past 7-days

0.65

63

 CAQ-PAI Past 7-days

0.53

633

 Checklist Questionnaire Past 7-days

NR

NR

 Global Questionnaire Past 7-days

NR

NR

 IPAQ-LF Past 7-days

NR

NR

 IPAQ-SF Past 7-days

NR

NR

 NZPAQ-LF Past 7-days

NR

NR

 NZPAQ-SF Past 7-days

NR

NR

 PAAQ Past 7-days

NR

NR

 PASE Past 7-days

0.68

144

 PWMAQ Past 7-days

NR

NR

 PAR Past 7-days

0.65

118

 VAPAQ Past 7-days

0.93

55

Average for Usual-week PAQs

0.63

244

Average for Past-week PAQs

0.56

950

Convergent validity testing

  

 CaMos

  

 Usual-week

  

 Direct & Indirect

NR

NR

 Direct

  

 Indirect

  

IPEQ-WA

  

 Usual-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.28

553

  Direct

0.22

177

  Indirect

0.31

376

MAQ

  

 Usual-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.47

118

  Direct

0.57

118

  Indirect

0.23

66

NHS II

  

 Usual 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.27

66

  Direct

0.43

66

  Indirect

0.22

66

Phone-FITT

  

 Usual-week

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.36

84

  Direct

0.44

48

  Indirect

0.25

36

YPAS

  

 Usual 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.36

2099

  Direct

0.43

824

  Indirect

0.34

1182

AAS

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

NR

NR

  Direct

NR

NR

  Indirect

NR

NR

AAS (modified)

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.57

63

  Direct

0.57

63

  Indirect

NR

NR

CAQ-PAI

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.15

3731

  Direct

0.46

65

 Indirect

0.14

3666

Checklist Questionnaire

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.46

2231

  Direct

0.46

2231

  Indirect

NR

NR

Gobal Questionnaire

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.35

2231

  Direct

0.35

2231

  Indirect

NR

NR

IPAQ-LF

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.23

436

  Direct

0.23

436

  Indirect

NR

NR

IPAQ-SF

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.34

25.2

  Direct

0.34

25.2

  Indirect

NR

NR

NZPAQ-LF

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

NA

NA

  Direct

0.25

186

  Indirect

NR

NR

NZPAQ-SF

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

NR

NR

  Direct

0.25

186

  Indirect

NR

NR

PAAQ

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.41

318

  Direct

0.41

318

  Indirect

NR

NR

PASE

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.31

355

  Direct

0.44

95

  Indirect

0.27

260

PWMAQ

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

0.51

64

  Direct

0.51

64

  Indirect

NR

NR

PAR

  

 Past 7-days

  

 Direct & Indirect

0.25

3539

  Direct

0.39

874

  Indirect

0.21

2547

VAPAQ

  

 Past 7-days

  

  Direct & Indirect

NR

NR

  Direct

NR

NR

 Indirect

NR

NR

Average for Usual-week PAQs

Direct & Indirect (r = 0.30)

Direct & Indirect (n = 4730)

Direct (r = 0.33)

Direct (n = 2019)

Indirect (r = 0.28)

Indirect (n = 2711)

Average for Past-week PAQs

Direct & Indirect (r = 0.28)

Direct & Indirect (n = 14,147)

Direct (r = 0.40)

Direct (n = 6182)

Indirect (r = 0.19)

Indirect (n = 7965)

Past-week and Usual-week PAQs

Direct (r = 0.39)

Direct (n = 8201)

Indirect (r = 0.21)

Indirect (n = 10,676)

  1. Notes. CaMos Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study, IPEQ-WA Incidental and Planned Exercise Questionnaire, MAQ Modified Activity Questionnaire, NHS II Nurses’ Health Study version II, Phone-FITT Phone Fitness, YPAS Yale Physical Activity Survey, AAS Active Australia Survey, CAQ-PAI College Alumni Questionnaire – Physical Activity Index, IPAQ-LF International Physical Activity Questionnaire Long Form, IPAQ-SF International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form, NZPAQ-LF New Zealand Physical Activity Questionnaire Long Form, NZPAQ-SF New Zealand Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form, PAAQ Physical Activity Adult Questionnaire, PASE Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly, PWMAQ Past Week Modified Activity Questionnaire PAR Physical Activity Recall Questionnaire, VAPAQ Veterans Physical Activity Questionnaire
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