Hi Farzad, 

I am Lorena López Griego,I don't speak very well but can I try.

The information that a found is this : 

The Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children is a self-administered, 7-day recall instrument.  It was developed to assess general levels of physical activity throughout the elementary school year for students in grades 4 to 8 and approximately 8 to 14 years of age.  

The PAQ-C can be administered in a classroom setting and provides a summary of physical activity score derived from nine items, each scored on a 5-point scale.  Estimated completion time is 20 minutes.

http://www.performwell.org/

Dear Lorena Lopez

Thanks alot for your complete research. It was very beneficial for me.

Best Wishes 

Farzad

Dear Farzad,

yes, is the most recommanded tool to assess the levels of PA in children and adolescents

maybe this PDF will be helpful for you:

http://www.hfsf.org/uploads/Physical%20Activity%20Questionnaire%20Manual.pdf

best

asmaa

Hi Farzad,

There are a number of such kind questionnaires. Just a kind reminder to consider the reliablity and validity of the questionnaire in your target population when you select one.

Cheers,

Harry

I would also recommend the PAQ-C and PAQ-A, as they have detailed reliability and validity evidence for various populations. However, note that these questionnaires do not give you an absolute outcome score, only a relative outcome score. In other words, they rank children according to their physical activity level but do not tell you how active they are (e.g., how many minutes of MVPA). The manual that Asmaa kindly uploaded tells you about the scoring system of the PAQ-C and PAQ-A.

Hi Farzad,

I hope you are well.

I would also recommended the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) to assess physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children. In case you are considering this questionnaire, I am sending you attached to this message the validation of the PAQ-C (Kowalski, Crocker and Faulkner, 1997).

With best wishes,

Joao

The international Physical Activity Questionnaire and all of its varieties are great for determining activity level of individuals, however i have found that while the IPAQ does give data on the rates of activity of an individiual, the scoring protocol of 1- 2- or HEPA active does not accurately take into consideration the rates of sedentary behaviours seen by those individuals when compiling a score based on risk of health complications.

I have noticed that often individuals with 8 or more hours of daily sendentary behaviours were still being given scores of 2 or 3-HEPA active in accordance with the IPAQ scoring procedures, which indicate that the individual is at low risk based on their rates of activity, despite adhering to rates of sedentary behaviours that would suggest that they are at high risk.

I don't think that IPAQ is intended for use with children, Michael.

KIDSCREEN is used for measuring health related quality of life among children.

http://www.kidscreen.org/english/

KIDSCREEN is used for measuring health related quality of life among children.

http://www.kidscreen.org/english/

Thanks alot dear colleagues for your answers