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

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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
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Language:English
Published: Cukurova University 2021-06-01
Series:Cukurova Medical Journal
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Online Access:https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1542272
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author Osman Dağ
Özden Özkal
Arzu Demircioğlu
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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
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spelling doaj.art-479d46d712eb4fe898d5e36f7c6ce7982023-02-15T16:14:16ZengCukurova UniversityCukurova Medical Journal2602-30402021-06-0146274275510.17826/cumj.87065548Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Recent Physical Activity QuestionnaireOsman Dağ0Özden Özkal1Arzu Demircioğlu2HACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİULUDAĞ ÜNİVERSİTESİHACETTEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİPurpose: 
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, phttps://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1542272surveys and questionnairesphysical activityvalidation studysörveyler ve anketlerboş zaman aktivitelerivalidasyon çalışması
spellingShingle Osman Dağ
Özden Özkal
Arzu Demircioğlu
Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire
Cukurova Medical Journal
surveys and questionnaires
physical activity
validation study
sörveyler ve anketler
boş zaman aktiviteleri
validasyon çalışması
title Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire
title_full Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire
title_fullStr Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire
title_full_unstemmed Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire
title_short Validity and reliability of Turkish version of the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire
title_sort validity and reliability of turkish version of the recent physical activity questionnaire
topic surveys and questionnaires
physical activity
validation study
sörveyler ve anketler
boş zaman aktiviteleri
validasyon çalışması
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1542272
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