Reliability and Validity of the ONAPS Physical Activity Questionnaire in Assessing Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior in French Adults

Marc Charles, David Thivel, Julien Verney, Laurie Isacco, Pauliina Husu, Henri Vähä-Ypyä, Tommi Vasankari, Michèle Tardieu, Alicia Fillon, Pauline Genin, Benjamin Larras, Bruno Chabanas, Bruno Pereira and Martine Duclos
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Marc Charles: Département de Santé Publique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel Montpied, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France
David Thivel: Laboratoire des Adaptations Métaboliques à l’Exercice en Condition Physiologique et Pathologique (AME2P), Université Clermont Auvergne, 63178 Aubière, France
Julien Verney: Laboratoire des Adaptations Métaboliques à l’Exercice en Condition Physiologique et Pathologique (AME2P), Université Clermont Auvergne, 63178 Aubière, France
Laurie Isacco: Laboratoire des Adaptations Métaboliques à l’Exercice en Condition Physiologique et Pathologique (AME2P), Université Clermont Auvergne, 63178 Aubière, France
Pauliina Husu: The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, 3500 Tampere, Finland
Henri Vähä-Ypyä: The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, 3500 Tampere, Finland
Tommi Vasankari: The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, 3500 Tampere, Finland
Michèle Tardieu: Observatoire National de l’Activité Physique et de la Sédentarité (ONAPS), Faculté de Médecine, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Alicia Fillon: Observatoire National de l’Activité Physique et de la Sédentarité (ONAPS), Faculté de Médecine, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Pauline Genin: Observatoire National de l’Activité Physique et de la Sédentarité (ONAPS), Faculté de Médecine, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Benjamin Larras: Observatoire National de l’Activité Physique et de la Sédentarité (ONAPS), Faculté de Médecine, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Bruno Chabanas: Département de Santé Publique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel Montpied, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Bruno Pereira: Unité de Biostatistique, Direction de la Recherche Clinique et de l’Innovation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel Montpied, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France
Martine Duclos: Service de Médecine du Sport et des Explorations Fonctionnelles, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Gabriel Montpied, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: This study was conducted to assess the validity and reliability of a new questionnaire, the ONAPS-PAQ, developed to assess physical activity (PA) and sedentary behaviors (SB) in the general population. A total of 137 healthy adults aged 18 to 69 years were included. Following completion of two physical activity questionnaires (ONAPS-PAQ and GPAQ, the Global physical activity questionnaire) to study concurrent validity, participants wore an accelerometer (UKK-RM42) for 7 days to study criterion validity. A subsample ( n = 36) also completed a 7-day-interval test–retest protocol to assess its reliability. Reliability was tested by the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Kappa coefficient; concurrent and criterion validity by the Spearman correlation coefficient (?) and Bland-Altman plot analyses. The ONAPS-PAQ showed good reliability (ICC = 0.71–0.98; Kappa = 0.61–0.99) and concurrent validity (? = 0.56–0.86), but only poor criterion validity (? = 0.26–0.41), and wide limits of agreement. Self-reported and accelerometer-measured SB were better correlated with ONAPS-PAQ than GPAQ (0.41 vs. 0.26, respectively) and medians were comparable, whereas the GPAQ underestimated SB (SB acc = 481 (432–566), SB ONAPS = 480 (360–652), SB GPAQ = 360 (240–540) min·day ?1 ; median ( q1 - q3 )). The ONAPS-PAQ provides good reliability and acceptable validity for the measurement of PA and SB and seems to provide a better assessment of SB than GPAQ.

Keywords: criterion validity; concurrent validity; accelerometry; self-report; test–retest study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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