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Glob Health Promot. 2020 Sep;27(3):44-55. doi: 10.1177/1757975919854301. Epub 2019 Aug 02.

Development of the Korean Global Physical Activity Questionnaire: reliability and validity study.

Global health promotion

Junga Lee, Choae Lee, Jihee Min, Dong-Woo Kang, Ji-Young Kim, Hyuk In Yang, Jihye Park, Mi-Kyung Lee, Mi-Young Lee, Ilhyeok Park, Sae Young Jae, Yoonsuk Jekal, Sun Ha Jee, Justin Y Jeon

Affiliations

  1. Graduate School of Sport Science, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  2. Department of Sport Industry Studies, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  3. Department of Physical Education, Kookmin University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  4. Department of Physical Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  5. Department of Sport Science, University of Seoul, South Korea.
  6. Department of Physical Education, Jeju National University, Jeju.
  7. Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
  8. Exercise Medicine Center for Diabetes and Cancer Patients (ICONS), Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 31375056 DOI: 10.1177/1757975919854301

Abstract

The goal of this study was to develop a Korean version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (K-GPAQ) and to examine its reliability and validity. The English version of the GPAQ was translated to the Korean language (K-GPAQ) via forward-backward translation. Reliability of the K-GPAQ was evaluated using a one-week interval test-retest method with 115 individuals. Criterion-related validity of the K-GPAQ was examined with 199 participants using accelerometers. Cohen's kappa and Spearman's correlation coefficients were used to measure test-retest reliability and validity, respectively. A Bland-Altman analysis was used to assess agreement between physical activity (PA) levels measured via K-GPAQ and the accelerometer. Coefficients for the reliability of the K-GPAQ showed moderate agreement for recreational PA and slight agreement for work-related PA (Cohen's kappa: 0.60-0.67 for recreational PA and 0.30-0.38 for work-related PA and Spearman's rho: 0.27-0.47 for work-related PA and 0.53-0.70 for recreational PA). Criterion validity of the total amount of PA, as measured by the K-GPAQ and the accelerometer, showed a weak but significant correlation (

Keywords: health promotion; lifestyle; physical activity

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