Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire

Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire

Purpose: 
Physical inactivity is an important determinant of chronic disease such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer. Therefore, evaluation of physical activity becomes more important day by day. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the validity, reliabilit...

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Main Authors: Osman Dağ, Özden Özkal, Arzu Demircioğlu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cukurova University 2021-06-01
Series:Cukurova Medical Journal
Subjects:
surveys and questionnaires
physical activity
validation study
sörveyler ve anketler
boş zaman aktiviteleri
validasyon çalışması
Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1542272
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Summary:Purpose: 
Physical inactivity is an important determinant of chronic disease such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer. Therefore, evaluation of physical activity becomes more important day by day. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the validity, reliability and Turkish version of The Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire (RPAQ) in healthy population. Materials and Methods: A total of 192 adults were included in the study. Standard "forward-backward" procedure used in translation of RPAQ. International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Long Form (IPAQ-LF) was used as the gold standard for the validity of RPAQ. It was re-adminestered on 50 participants one week interval for reliability of RPAQ analysis. Results: 122 (63.5%) were women, 70 (36.5%) were men of participants, and their mean age was 34.469.45 years. There was a high correlation between total score of IPAQ-LF and RPAQ (r: 0.747, p
ISSN:2602-3040

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