Lynch Louise, McCarron Mary, McCallion Philip, Burke Eilish
Trinity College Dublin, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Ground Floor, Dublin 2, Ireland.
College of Public Health, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2025 Jan;38(1):e13327. doi: 10.1111/jar.13327.
The positive impact of physical activity on health is widely known. A comparison between activPAL objective measures and International Physical Activity Questionnaire short form (IPAQ-SF) self-reported activity levels was completed with older adults with intellectual disability. Understanding differences between the two methodologies will better support the interpretations of findings and recommendations.
ActivPAL measures including intensity, time and type were considered for 72 participants. Similarly, the IPAQ-determined measures were investigated. Implications of different numbers of activPAL valid days were considered. Comparisons between the activPAL and IPAQ-SF scores were examined using multiple correlation coefficients.
Low to moderate agreement was found between the activPAL and IPAQ-SF using Spearman's Rho and Pearson's correlation coefficients.
The IPAQ-SF may not be the optimal tool for the accurate determination of activity levels in this population.
体育活动对健康的积极影响广为人知。对患有智力障碍的老年人完成了activPAL客观测量与国际体力活动问卷简表（IPAQ-SF）自我报告活动水平之间的比较。了解这两种方法之间的差异将更好地支持对研究结果和建议的解释。
对72名参与者的activPAL测量指标，包括强度、时间和类型进行了考量。同样，对IPAQ确定的测量指标进行了调查。考虑了不同数量activPAL有效天数的影响。使用多重相关系数对activPAL和IPAQ-SF得分进行了比较。
使用斯皮尔曼等级相关系数和皮尔逊相关系数发现，activPAL和IPAQ-SF之间的一致性较低到中等。
IPAQ-SF可能不是准确测定该人群活动水平的最佳工具。
