I am working on a project to assess the physical activity levels of adult population. I would like to know which questionnaire is better to use: IPAQ or GPAQ?
This link may be usefull for you. http://www.ccm-network.it/documenti_Ccm/convegni/Zurigo_OmsEuropa_2009/Guthold.pdf
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It was really useful, but they have compared GPAQ with IPAQ short form. It would be better if some comparisons had done between GPAQ and IPAQ long form too, as both questionnaires report PA levels in different intensities and domains. kindly suggest if stuff available regarding this.
At the international level, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) was developed as a comparable tool between countries and was designed as a measure of their own report on Settings and physical activity. Several studies have been conducted to investigate the reliability and validity and it has been found to be reasonable. There are two questionnaires that researchers can use: long and short. The long version collects information on the area. House activities, household activities (including backyard jobs), transportation and leisure activities. Occupational domain names may be omitted for those who have no paid or unpaid work, except retired persons or their home. The survey also has additional questions about resident activity.
GPAQ is different from IPAQ in two basic ways. First, business and household activities occur in the workplace, while the IPAQ is presented as separate areas of the GPAQ domain name. Second, while GPAQ focuses on 'a typical week' physical activity, IPAQ emphasizes' PA recall within the last 7 days. In addition, while GPAQ includes "walking" in moderate intensity activity, IPAQ considers separate walking. Both GPAQ and IPAQ give metabolic equivalent (MET) scores; Within a week, the amount of calories consumed by the subject has been translated.
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I will give you a proposal. We can work together. I can make application and comparison in Turkey. You GPAQ I can evaluate IPAQ applications together.
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Assistant Professor Nevzat DEMİRCİ
School of Physical Education and Sports, Mersin University, Turkey
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Thank you for your worthy response and proposal. It'd be a great opportunity for me if you share your experience with me.
It depends! The GPAQ and the IPAQ both are acceptable self reported measures. Compared to the IPAQ-SF though, I think the GPAQ is more useful as it captures PA across three activity domains. The IPAQ-LF is too extensive, and may not be suitable for a research where you have a large number of explanatory variables.
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