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ArticleJournal of cancer survivorship : research and practice2015

Validation of the Godin-Shephard Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire classification coding system using accelerometer assessment among breast cancer survivors.

Steve Amireault, Gaston Godin, Jason Lacombe, Catherine M Sabiston

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Article in Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 126 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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126 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Recreational physical activity and health-related quality of life among breast cancer survivors: a systematic review.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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  13. Online-delivered resistance exercise intervention among racially diverse breast cancer survivors: Feasibility, acceptability, and exploratory outcomes of B-REP.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  16. CPAP increases physical activity in obstructive sleep apnea with cardiovascular disease.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2021
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4 authors.

Steve AmireaultFaculty Kinesiology and Physical Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, steve.amireault@utoronto.ca.
Gaston Godin
Jason Lacombe
Catherine M Sabiston

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research 186128
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe aim of this research was to provide convergent validity evidence for the use of the Godin-Shephard Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire (GSLTPAQ) to classify breast cancer survivors into active and insufficiently active categories.

methodsData were collected among a sample of breast cancer survivors (N = 199; mean age = 55 years) to examine the association between physical activity assessed with a GT3X triaxial accelerometer and the use of the GSLTPAQ's coding system recently proposed by Godin (2011). Participants self-reported moderate and vigorous physical activity (MVPA) performed in a typical week on the GSLTPAQ and those with MVPA leisure score index ≥ 24 were classified as active.

resultsANCOVA revealed that the adjusted mean [95% CI] number of recorded MVPA minutes was higher for respondents classified as active (145.54 [127.26; 163.83]) compared to respondents classified as insufficiently active (86.99 [74.04; 99.94]). The GSLTPAQ and accelerometer classified 33.8 and 27.2% of participants as active, respectively (agreement = 70.8%). Sensitivity and specificity values were 75.3 and 58.5%, respectively.

conclusionThe GSLTPAQ can be used to classify cancer survivors into active and insufficiently active categories in reference to cancer survivors' physical activity guidelines. However, it has greater capacity to correctly identify insufficiently active respondents. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: The use of the GSLTPAQ's classification coding in oncology research could improve the quality of physical activity recommendations and interventions handed out to cancer survivors.

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AccelerometryBreast NeoplasmsExerciseFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMotor ActivitySurveys and QuestionnairesSurvivors

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