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Original Article
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J Korean Acad Fam Med. 2007;28(7):532-541. Published online July 10, 2007.
- Validity and Reliability of Korean Version of International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) Short Form.
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Ji Yeon Oh, Yun Jun Yang, Byung Sung Kim, Jae Hun Kang
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1Department of Family Medicine, Inje University Graduate School of Medicine, Korea.
2Department of Family Medicine, Inje University School of Medicine, Korea. johnyang@ilsanpaik.ac.kr
3Department of Family Medicine, Kyunghee University School of Medicine, Korea
- Abstract
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This study was performed to evaluate the reliability and the validity of the Korean version of IPAQ short form. Method: Sixty-nine volunteer adults completed the questionnaires twice at 1 week interval, and the second one was compared to the results of ActicalⰒ in order to test validity. Results: The Korean version of IPAQ was accepted as a proper one by the IPAQ developers. Spearman Rho coefficients and Kappa values of test-retest reliability were 0.427∼0.646 (median 0.542) and 0.365∼0.620 (median 0.471), respectively. The Kappa values were above 0.4 in 5 out of 7 questionnaires. The more physically active by the short form questionnaire, the higher the measured value of the ActicalⰒ (P=0.039). Spearman Rho coefficient was 0.267 for the correlation between the results of the questionnaire and measured values by ActicalⰒ. Conclusion: The reliability and the validity of the IPAQ short form were proven. Follow-up studies are needed. (J Korean Acad Fam Med 2007;28:532-541)
Keywords :physical activity, questionnaire, reliability, validity, exercise
