Article

Updating Baecke physical activity questionnaire in French, validating
this version named AQAP and developing software for a personalized interpretation
of the results. METHOD: Validation conducted on 702 consultants in health
prevention centers aged 18-79 years: reliability of the questionnaire when
self-administered, validity according to the energy expenditure per interview and
reproducibility after two weeks (n=31). After two months, assessment of the
questionnaire's impact on knowledge and behaviors in 320 young adults aged 18-29
years. RESULTS: The results from self- and interviewer-administered questionnaire
were correlated (Kappa>0.60). Furthermore, the total physical activity index was
correlated to the energy expenditure (rho=0.39, P<0.0001). The four physical
activity indexes calculated from self-administrated questionnaires barely varied
at the two-week interval (P >/= 0.23, power >/= 77%, accepted difference +/-
10%). Two months later, 80% of the participants had read the interpretation
software report, 55% became conscious of their physical activity level, 43%
increased their physical activity level and 42% reported being aware of the
relationship between physical activity and health. CONCLUSION: AQAP
characteristics are satisfactory and thus this questionnaire can be used on the
general population in complement of an individual or collective action to promote
physical activity and in epidemiological studies for analyzing the links between
individual behaviors and health.
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Langue : ANGLAIS ; FRANCAIS