College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Department Special needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
BMC Med Res Methodol. 2019 Mar 1;19(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s12874-019-0684-1.
This systematic review examined the methodological quality of studies and assessed the psychometric qualities of interview-administered Past-week and Usual-week Physical Activity Questionnaires (PAQs). Pubmed and Embase were used to retrieve data sources.
The studies were selected using the following eligibility criteria: 1) psychometric properties of PAQs were assessed in adults; 2) the PAQs either consisted of recall periods of usual 7-days (Usual-week PAQs) within the past 12 months or during the past 7-days (Past-week PAQs); and 3) PAQs were interview-administered. The COSMIN taxonomy was utilised to critically appraise study quality and a previously established psychometric criteria employed to evaluate the overall psychometric qualities.
Following screening, 42 studies were examined to determine the psychometric properties of 20 PAQs, with the majority of studies demonstrating good to excellent ratings for methodological quality. For convergent validity (i.e., the relationship between PAQs and other measures), similar overall associations were found between Past-week PAQs and Usual-week PAQs. However, PAQs were more strongly associated with direct measures of physical activity (e.g., accelerometer) than indirect measures of physical activity (i.e., physical fitness), irrespective of recall methods. Very few psychometric properties were examined for each PAQ, with the majority exhibiting poor ratings in psychometric quality. Only a few interview-administered PAQs exhibited positive ratings for a single psychometric property, although the other properties were either rated as poor or questionable, demonstrating the limitations of current PAQs.
Accordingly, further research is necessary to explore a greater number of psychometric properties, or to develop new PAQs by addressing the psychometric limitations identified in the current review.
本系统评价检查了研究的方法学质量，并评估了访谈式过去一周和常规一周体力活动问卷（PAQs）的心理测量学质量。使用 Pubmed 和 Embase 检索数据源。
使用以下纳入标准选择研究：1）评估了 PAQs 的心理测量学特性的成年人；2）PAQs 由过去 12 个月内的常规 7 天（常规周 PAQs）或过去 7 天（过去周 PAQs）的回忆期组成；3）PAQs 通过访谈进行管理。使用 COSMIN 分类法批判性评估研究质量，并使用先前建立的心理测量标准评估整体心理测量质量。
经过筛选，检查了 42 项研究，以确定 20 项 PAQs 的心理测量学特性，其中大多数研究的方法学质量评分为良好至优秀。对于收敛效度（即 PAQs 与其他测量之间的关系），过去一周 PAQs 和常规一周 PAQs 之间发现了相似的总体关联。然而，PAQs 与体力活动的直接测量（例如加速度计）的关联比与体力活动的间接测量（即身体适应性）更强，无论回忆方法如何。很少对每个 PAQ 进行心理测量学特性检查，大多数心理测量学质量评分为较差。只有少数访谈式 PAQs 在单一心理测量特性上表现出良好评分，尽管其他特性被评为较差或可疑，表明当前 PAQs 的局限性。
因此，需要进一步研究以探索更多的心理测量学特性，或通过解决当前综述中确定的心理测量学局限性来开发新的 PAQs。
