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Self-administered questionnaire compared with interview to assess past-year physical activity
- Source :
- Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 32(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2000
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Abstract
- The Modifiable Activity Questionnaire (MAQ) is a physical activity questionnaire shown to be both valid and reliable and was initially designed to be interviewer-administered. After translation and adaptation into French, the objective of the study was to compare past-year physical activity data obtained by self-administration of this questionnaire and by interviewer-administration.84 subjects (22 men, 62 women, age 36-63 yr) enrolled in an ongoing prospective study in France (the SUpplementation en VItamines et Minéraux AntioXydants or SU.VI.MAX study) completed both versions of the questionnaire in a randomized order with a mean (SD) delay of 7.9 (5.8) d between the two modes. Past-year leisure and occupational physical activity were expressed as both h x wk(-1) and MET-h x wk(-1) of activity, and television watching was expressed as h x d(-1). Analysis of variance on ranks was used to compare activity variables obtained by self-administration and interview. Agreement was assessed by nonparametric intraclass correlation coefficients.A significant effect of the mode of administration was found only for past-year leisure physical activity with lower values reported in self-administered conditions compared with interview. However, a high level of concordance between the two modes of administration was observed for all variables as shown by the intraclass correlation coefficients: 0.90 for leisure physical activity (h x wk(-1)), 0.82 for occupational activity (h x wk(-1)), 0.83 for total (leisure and occupational combined) physical activity (h x wk(-1)), and 0.97 for television viewing (h x d(-1)).The agreement between the two modes of administration of the questionnaire suggests that the self-administered version of the MAQ is a valuable tool to assess past-year physical activity and inactivity in self-administered conditions. This instrument could be used in large-scale population studies investigating the relationships between physical activity and health outcomes.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Physical fitness
Physical activity
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Physical exercise
Sensitivity and Specificity
Professional activity
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Self administered questionnaire
Occupations
Prospective cohort study
Exercise
Life Style
business.industry
Life style
Reproducibility of Results
Middle Aged
Physical Fitness
Physical therapy
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 01959131
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Medicine and science in sports and exercise
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....eee2d1161ed35ea76e361718f3322103