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dc.contributor.authorDoyle, Ciaran
dc.contributor.authorKhan, Asaduzzaman
dc.contributor.authorBurton, Nicola
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-30T22:53:51Z
dc.date.available2020-08-30T22:53:51Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0022-4707
dc.identifier.doi10.23736/S0022-4707.18.09186-7
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/396589
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: The primary objective of this study was to assess the test-retest reliability of the Arabic language version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPA Q-A). Additionally, the study assessed criterion validity of the instrument. METHODS: Emirati university students (N.=93) were asked to complete the GPA Q-A on two occasions (7 days apart). A subset of 48 participants wore an accelerometer for 7 days after which they completed the GPA Q-A. RESULTS: Test-retest reliability of the GPAQ-A was acceptable for moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) (p=0.78; 95% CI: 0.69 to 0.86), moderate physical activity (MPA) (p=0.73; 95% CI: 0.61 to 0.82) and vigorous physical activity (VPA) (p=0.62; 95% CI: 0.44 to 0.76). Test-retest reliability of the single item sedentary behavior (SB) measure was less promising (p=0.44; 95% CI: 0.22 to 0.64). Criterion validity of the MVPA measure was fair (p=0.23; 95% CI: -0.13 to 0.57). CONCLUSIONS: Test-retest reliability for the GPA Q-A was acceptable to assess physical activity (PA ) but less promising for SB. Criterion validity of the PA measures was fair. Additional work is needed to develop robust measures of PA and SB in this population.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEdizioni Minerva Medica
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1221
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1228
dc.relation.ispartofissue7
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness
dc.relation.ispartofvolume59
dc.subject.fieldofresearchMechanical engineering
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSports science and exercise
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4017
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4207
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsSport Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsExercise
dc.subject.keywordsPsychometrics
dc.titleReliability and validity of a self-administered Arabic version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ-A)
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDoyle, C; Khan, A; Burton, N, Reliability and validity of a self-administered Arabic version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ-A), Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness, 2019, 59 (7), pp. 1221-1228
dc.date.updated2020-08-20T03:07:48Z
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gro.griffith.authorBurton, Nicola W.
gro.griffith.authorDoyle, Ciaran


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