International Physical Activity Questionnaire

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How it works

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Evidence quality

Highlighted claims

• The IPAQ-SF is among the most widely deployed self-report tools for measuring physical activity and sedentary behaviour in research and clinical practice. — Criterion validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form against activPAL in overweight and obese adults: a cross-sectional study
• The cIPAQ-SF is a seven-item questionnaire that asks about engagement in at least 10 minutes of moderate, vigorous, or walking activity during the past seven days. — Criterion validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form against activPAL in overweight and obese adults: a cross-sectional study
• MVPA in the IPAQ-SF is calculated as MPA minutes plus twice VPA minutes to account for intensity weighting, consistent with the WHO recommendation of ≥150 min/week. — Criterion validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form against activPAL in overweight and obese adults: a cross-sectional study
• The IPAQ-SF achieves high sensitivity for detecting failure to meet the WHO 150 min/week MVPA recommendation, at 93.8%. — Criterion validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form against activPAL in overweight and obese adults: a cross-sectional study
• Physical activity was measured using the validated Chinese version of the IPAQ-SF, which records walking, moderate-intensity activity, vigorous-intensity activity, and sitting time over the previous 7 days. — Impact of syncope history on long-term physical activity in patients ≥2 years after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a single-centre cross-sectional study in China
• Energy expenditure in the IPAQ-SF is calculated as MET-minutes per week by multiplying MET level by minutes per day and days per week. — Impact of syncope history on long-term physical activity in patients ≥2 years after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a single-centre cross-sectional study in China
• Prior validations of the cIPAQ-SF omitted sitting time from their analyses and none used activPAL as the comparator. — Criterion validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form against activPAL in overweight and obese adults: a cross-sectional study
• A pilot study was required for sample-size planning because no prior studies had used the IPAQ-SF in TAVR populations. — Impact of syncope history on long-term physical activity in patients ≥2 years after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a single-centre cross-sectional study in China
• The cIPAQ-SF is suitable for group-level epidemiological assessment of sedentary behaviour and PA in overweight and obese Chinese adults, but not for precise individual-level quantification. — Criterion validity of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form against activPAL in overweight and obese adults: a cross-sectional study
• Self-reported physical activity measurement using the IPAQ-SF may introduce recall error or bias as a study limitation. — Impact of syncope history on long-term physical activity in patients ≥2 years after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: a single-centre cross-sectional study in China