SynthesisThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2012
A systematic review of reliability and objective criterion-related validity of physical activity questionnaires.
Synthesis in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 332 papers, 19 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
ENerGetics in Old AGE (ENGAGE Study) - Validation of Multiple Accelerometers and Physical Activity Questionnaires Against Indirect Calorimetry Under Laboratory and Free-living Conditions in Very Old Adults
Physical Activity in Patients After Resurfacing and Total Hip Arthroplasty: an Observational Follow-up Study 15 Years After Surgery.
Who cites it
332 citing papers in PubMed, 19 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Physical Therapist Involved Physical Activity Interventions: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of neurologic physical therapy : JNPT · 2026Pooled it
- The Determinants of Bone Health in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Narrative Review.Journal of paediatrics and child health · 2025Pooled it
- Validity and reliability of self-reported methods for assessment of 24-h movement behaviours: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled it
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- A systematic review of interventions to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour following bariatric surgery.Physiotherapy · 2022Pooled it
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Gamification on Physical Activity: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Pooled it
- The association between sedentary behavior and falls in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2022Pooled it
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- A systematic review of the validity, reliability, and feasibility of measurement tools used to assess the physical activity and sedentary behaviour of pre-school aged children.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Bone health in children and youth with ASD: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2021Pooled it
- Validity and Reliability of IPAQ-SF and GPAQ for Assessing Sedentary Behaviour in Adults in the European Union: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Subjective versus Objective Measure of Physical Activity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Convergent Validity of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children (PAQ-C).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Genetic variants related to physical activity or sedentary behaviour: a systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Validity and Reliability of International Physical Activity Questionnaires for Adults across EU Countries: Systematic Review and Meta Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Current Evidence of Measurement Properties of Physical Activity Questionnaires for Older Adults: An Updated Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2020Pooled it
- Sociodemographic inequities associated with participation in leisure-time physical activity in sub-Saharan Africa: an individual participant data meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2020Pooled it
- Reliability and Concurrent Validity of Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ): A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
- Associations between maternal physical activity in early and late pregnancy and offspring birth size: remote federated individual level meta-analysis from eight cohort studies.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2019Pooled it
- The 2017 Dutch Physical Activity Guidelines.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Pooled it
- Tiredness after work associates with less leisure-time physical activity.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
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Abstract
Physical inactivity is one of the four leading risk factors for global mortality. Accurate measurement of physical activity (PA) and in particular by physical activity questionnaires (PAQs) remains a challenge. The aim of this paper is to provide an updated systematic review of the reliability and validity characteristics of existing and more recently developed PAQs and to quantitatively compare the performance between existing and newly developed PAQs.A literature search of electronic databases was performed for studies assessing reliability and validity data of PAQs using an objective criterion measurement of PA between January 1997 and December 2011. Articles meeting the inclusion criteria were screened and data were extracted to provide a systematic overview of measurement properties. Due to differences in reported outcomes and criterion methods a quantitative meta-analysis was not possible.In total, 31 studies testing 34 newly developed PAQs, and 65 studies examining 96 existing PAQs were included. Very few PAQs showed good results on both reliability and validity. Median reliability correlation coefficients were 0.62-0.71 for existing, and 0.74-0.76 for new PAQs. Median validity coefficients ranged from 0.30-0.39 for existing, and from 0.25-0.41 for new PAQs.Although the majority of PAQs appear to have acceptable reliability, the validity is moderate at best. Newly developed PAQs do not appear to perform substantially better than existing PAQs in terms of reliability and validity. Future PAQ studies should include measures of absolute validity and the error structure of the instrument.
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