Validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short form) in adults with asthma.

Autor: Oliveira JM; Research and Postgraduate Center, Pitágoras-Unopar University (UNOPAR), Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.; Laboratory of Research in Respiratory Physiotherapy (LFIP), State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil., Spositon T; Research and Postgraduate Center, Pitágoras-Unopar University (UNOPAR), Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.; Laboratory of Research in Respiratory Physiotherapy (LFIP), State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil., Rugila DF; Research and Postgraduate Center, Pitágoras-Unopar University (UNOPAR), Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.; Laboratory of Research in Respiratory Physiotherapy (LFIP), State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil., Pitta F; Laboratory of Research in Respiratory Physiotherapy (LFIP), State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil., Furlanetto KC; Research and Postgraduate Center, Pitágoras-Unopar University (UNOPAR), Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.; Laboratory of Research in Respiratory Physiotherapy (LFIP), State University of Londrina, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: PloS one [PLoS One] 2023 Feb 24; Vol. 18 (2), pp. e0282137. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 24 (Print Publication: 2023).
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282137
Abstrakt: Background: The short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) is widely used to assess PA and has already been used in adults with asthma; however, its validity has not been yet studied in this population. Therefore, the aim of this study was to verify the convergent and discriminative validity of the IPAQ short form in adults with asthma.
Methods: Fifty-three adults with asthma (36 females; 48±15 years; 29±6 kg/m²) wore the triaxial activity monitor Actigraph for eight days to objectively measure steps/day, time in light physical activity (PA), moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), and sedentary behaviour. Participants filled out the IPAQ matching with the same week they wore the Actigraph, with measures of: time of MVPA and total PA/week; categorization of low, moderate or high PA level; time in seated position.
Results: IPAQ self-reported total time of PA/week was weakly correlated with steps/day. The IPAQ categorization correlated moderately with time in light, MVPA and steps/day. Self-reported time in seated position on weekdays was moderately correlated with objective percentage/day of time in sedentary behaviour in the same period. IPAQ categorization in PA levels was able to differentiate between low to moderate and low to high PA levels.
Conclusions: These results cannot confidently infer the convergent validity of the IPAQ to quantify number of steps/day and time spent in PA of adults with asthma. However, this instrument may be useful to categorize patients into three levels of PA.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
(Copyright: © 2023 Oliveira et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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