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(Reference retrieved automatically from SciELO through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Validity of the Brazilian version of the Godin-Shephard Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire

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Author(s):
Thaís Moreira São João [1] ; Roberta Cunha Matheus Rodrigues [2] ; Maria Cecília Bueno Jayme Gallani [3] ; Cinthya Tamie Passos Miura [4] ; Gabriela de Barros Leite Domingues [5] ; Steve Amireault [6] ; Gaston Godin [7]
Total Authors: 7
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Estadual de Campina. Faculdade de Enfermagem - Brasil
[2] Universidade Estadual de Campina. Faculdade de Enfermagem - Brasil
[3] Université Laval. Faculté des Sciences Infirmières - Canadá
[4] Universidade Estadual de Campina. Faculdade de Enfermagem - Brasil
[5] Universidade Estadual de Campina. Faculdade de Enfermagem - Brasil
[6] Purdue University. College of Health and Human Sciences
[7] Université Laval. Faculté des Sciences Infirmières - Canadá
Total Affiliations: 7
Document type: Journal article
Source: Cadernos de Saúde Pública; v. 31, n. 9, p. 1825-1838, 2015-09-00.
Abstract

This study provides evidence of construct validity for the Brazilian version of the Godin-Shephard Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire (GSLTPAQ), a 1-item instrument used among 236 participants referred for cardiopulmonary exercise testing. The Baecke Habitual Physical Activity Questionnaire (Baecke-HPA) was used to evaluate convergent and divergent validity. The self-reported measure of walking (QCAF) evaluated the convergent validity. Cardiorespiratory fitness assessed convergent validity by the Veterans Specific Activity Questionnaire (VSAQ), peak measured (VO2peak) and maximum predicted (VO2pred) oxygen uptake. Partial adjusted correlation coefficients between the GSLTPAQ, Baecke-HPA, QCAF, VO2pred and VSAQ provided evidence for convergent validity; while divergent validity was supported by the absence of correlations between the GSLTPAQ and the Occupational Physical Activity domain (Baecke-HPA). The GSLTPAQ presents level 3 of evidence of construct validity and may be useful to assess leisure-time physical activity among patients with cardiovascular disease and healthy individuals. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 10/10006-8 - The rehabilitation process and its interfaces with individual quality of life and culture - phase II
Grantee:Lidia Aparecida Rossi
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants