Reliability and validity of the 7-day Physical Activity Recall interview in a Spanish population

Eur J Sport Sci. 2014:14 Suppl 1:S361-8. doi: 10.1080/17461391.2012.705332. Epub 2012 Jul 25.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess the reliability and convergent validity of the 7-day Physical Activity Recall (7-day PAR) interview in a sample of the Spanish population. Valid 7-day PAR interviews were conducted and RT3 accelerometer measurements taken for 160 subjects from the primary care population aged 24-83, 75 men and 85 women. Two 7-day PAR interviews were conducted, with a one-week interval, with 147 of these participants. Test-retest reliability was assessed using intraclass correlation coefficients. Convergent validity between the 7-day PAR and the accelerometer data were examined using Spearman's correlation coefficients, and the kappa index of agreement was calculated. The 7-day PAR reliability coefficients were 0.68 (95%CI: 0.58-0.76) for total energy expenditure, 0.65 (95%CI: 0.54-0.73) for the activity dose, and 0.61 (95%CI: 0.50-0.70) and 0.75 (95%CI: 0.67-0.81) for time spent on moderate and vigorous-intensity activity, respectively. These coefficients ranged from 0.91 to 0.96 in participants who reported a typical week in both interviews. Convergent validity ranged from 0.25 for time spent on vigorous activity to 0.52 for the activity dose, and the kappa index was 0.43 (95%CI: 0.30-0.56). Reliability and convergent validity coefficients in the Spanish population were generally moderate and similar to those found in other studies.

MeSH terms

  • Accelerometry
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Exercise / physiology*
  • Female
  • Health Surveys / standards*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Self Report / standards*
  • Spain
  • Statistics, Nonparametric
  • Surveys and Questionnaires / standards*
  • Young Adult