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Purpose:
To translate long form, interview-administered International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) from English to Persian and evaluate its validity, reliability and reproducibility.
Asian Journal of Sports Medicine
Sports Medicine Research Center, TUMS
The Persian, Last 7-day, Long form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire: Translation and Validation Study
Author(s):
Ali Vasheghani-Farahani2,*, 
Maryam Tahmasbi2, Hossein Asheri1, Haleh Ashraf2, Saharnaz Nedjat3, Ramin Kordi12Department of Cardiology, Tehran Heart Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
1Sports Medicine Research Centre, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Published online:May 31, 2011
Article type:Research Article
Received:Apr 10, 2011
Accepted:May 12, 2011
How to Cite:Ali Vasheghani-FarahaniMaryam TahmasbiHossein AsheriHaleh AshrafSaharnaz NedjatRamin Kordiet al.The Persian, Last 7-day, Long form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire: Translation and Validation Study.Asian J Sports Med.2(2):34781.https://doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.34781.
Abstract
Methods:
A forward-backward translation procedure was followed to develop the Persian version of the IPAQ. A total of 218 respondents (53.7% women, aged 2276 yr) completed the Persian version in Tehran, Iran. To examine the testretest reliability, 48 healthy volunteers completed the IPAQ twice during a 7-day period.. The PA indicators derived from the IPAQ were assessed for reliability and were compared with aerobic fitness and body mass index (BMI) for construct validity.
Results:
In general, the questionnaire was received well and all domains met the minimum reliability standards (intra-class correlation [ICC]>0.7), except for Leisure-time physical activity (PA). Aerobic fitness showed a weak positive correlation with all of the PA results derived from the IPAQ. A significant correlation was observed between the IPAQ data for total PA and both aerobic fitness (
Conclusions:
The Persian version of the long form, interview-administered IPAQ had an acceptable reliability and validity for assessing total PA in our Iranian sample of individuals. It may be a useful instrument for generating internationally comparable data on PA.
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© 2011, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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