Comparison of Subjective and Objective Methods to Measure the Physical Activity of Non-Depressed Middle-Aged Healthy Subjects with Normal Cognitive Function and Mild Cognitive Impairment—A Cross-Sectional Study

Aleksandra Makarewicz, Małgorzata Jamka, Maria Wasiewicz-Gajdzis, Joanna Bajerska, Anna Miśkiewicz-Chotnicka, Jarosław Kwiecień, Aleksandra Lisowska, Dominque Gagnon, Karl-Heinz Herzig, Edyta Mądry and Jarosław Walkowiak
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Aleksandra Makarewicz: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 27/33 Szpitalna Str., 60-572 Poznań, Poland
Małgorzata Jamka: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 27/33 Szpitalna Str., 60-572 Poznań, Poland
Maria Wasiewicz-Gajdzis: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 27/33 Szpitalna Str., 60-572 Poznań, Poland
Joanna Bajerska: Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Poznan University of Life Sciences, 31 Wojska Polskiego Str., 60-624 Poznań, Poland
Anna Miśkiewicz-Chotnicka: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 27/33 Szpitalna Str., 60-572 Poznań, Poland
Jarosław Kwiecień: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences in Zabrze, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, 15-3 Maja Str., 41-800 Zabrze, Poland
Aleksandra Lisowska: Department of Clinical Auxology and Pediatric Nursing, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 27/33 Szpitalna Str., 60-572 Poznań, Poland
Dominque Gagnon: Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, University of Oulu, 50 Kajaanintie Str., 90220 Oulu, Finland
Karl-Heinz Herzig: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 27/33 Szpitalna Str., 60-572 Poznań, Poland
Edyta Mądry: Department of Physiology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 6 Święcickiego Str., 60-781 Poznań, Poland
Jarosław Walkowiak: Department of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Metabolic Diseases, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 27/33 Szpitalna Str., 60-572 Poznań, Poland

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-20

Abstract: This study compared subjective and objective methods of measuring different categories of physical activity in non-depressed middle-aged subjects with normal cognitive function (NCF) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). In total, 75 participants (NCF: n = 48, MCI: n = 27) were recruited and physical activity was assessed for seven days using the ActiGraph and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Anthropometric parameters, body compositions, resting metabolic rate, and energy expenditure were also assessed. ActiGraph data indicated that subjects with NCF were more active than MCI subjects. A comparison of the IPAQ and the ActiGraph data revealed a significant correlation between these methods for total (r = 0.3315, p < 0.01) and moderate (r = 0.3896, p < 0.01) physical activity in the total population and moderate activity (r = 0.2893, p < 0.05) within the NCF group. No associations between these methods were found within the MCI group. Independent predictors of subjectively evaluated total physical activity were alcohol consumption ( p = 0.0358) and socio-professional status ( p = 0.0288), while weight ( p = 0.0285) and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment results ( p = 0.0309) were independent predictors of objectively measured physical activity. In conclusion, the long version of IPAQ is a more reliable tool to assess PA in subjects with NCF than those with MCI. More studies are needed to confirm this finding.

Keywords: accelerometry; physical activity; questionnaire; self-report; cognition; Montreal Cognitive Assessment (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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