Assessing Walking Programs in Fibromyalgia: A Concordance Study between Measures

Sofía López-Roig, Carmen Ecija, Cecilia Peñacoba, Sofía Ivorra, Ainara Nardi-Rodríguez, Oscar Lecuona and María Angeles Pastor-Mira
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Sofía López-Roig: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health, University Miguel Hernández, 03540 San Juan de Alicante, Spain
Carmen Ecija: Department of Psychology, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922 Madrid, Spain
Cecilia Peñacoba: Department of Psychology, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922 Madrid, Spain
Sofía Ivorra: Official College of Nursing, 03007 Alicante, Spain
Ainara Nardi-Rodríguez: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health, University Miguel Hernández, 03540 San Juan de Alicante, Spain
Oscar Lecuona: Department of Psychology, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922 Madrid, Spain
María Angeles Pastor-Mira: Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health, University Miguel Hernández, 03540 San Juan de Alicante, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 5, 1-17

Abstract: This study analyzes the degree of agreement between three self-report measures (Walking Behavior, WALK questionnaire and logbooks) assessing adherence to walking programs through reporting their components (minutes, rests, times a week, consecutive weeks) and their concordance with a standard self-report of physical activity (IPAQ-S questionnaire) and an objective, namely number of steps (pedometer), in 275 women with fibromyalgia. Regularized partial correlation networks were selected as the analytic framework. Three network models based on two different times of assessment, namely T1 and T2, including 6 weeks between both, were used. WALK and the logbook were connected with Walking Behavior and also with the IPAQ-S. The logbook was associated with the pedometers (Z-score > 1 in absolute value). When the behavior was assessed specifically and in a detailed manner, participants’ results for the different self-report measures were in agreement. Specific self-report methods provide detailed information that is consistent with validated self-report measures (IPAQ-S) and objective measures (pedometers). The self-report measures that assess the behavioral components of physical activity are useful when studying the implementation of walking as physical exercise.

Keywords: fibromyalgia; pedometer; walking; self-report measures; physical activity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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