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Acta universitaria
On-line version ISSN 2007-9621Print version ISSN 0188-6266
Abstract
LAVANDERA-TORRES, Marcos and ESPARZA-ROMERO, Julián. Adaptation and reproducibility of a questionnaire to evaluate physical activity among the Comcáac (Seri) community of Sonora, Mexico. Acta univ [online]. 2017, vol.27, n.1, pp.76-82. ISSN 2007-9621. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2017.1272.
Physical activity questionnaire (PAQ) is the most widely used method for evaluation of physical activity (PA). The aim of this study was to adapt and evaluate reproducibility of a PAQ in Comcáac community of Sonora, Mexico. Adaptation of PAQ was conducted through interviews with key residents. Reproducibility was evaluated applying PAQ twice to 26 persons within 20 or more years old, using Spearman coefficient ρ and intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC). High correlations (p < 0.05) were found in total previous-year and previous-week recreational activities (ρ = 0.82 and ρ = 0.76, respectively). Correlations were equally high for occupational activities group related to craftwork manufacture (ρ = 0.96 and ρ = 0.74) and fishery activities (ρ = 0.93 and ρ = 0.78) for previous-year and previous-week, respectively. Adapted PAQ could be a useful tool to evaluate PA pattern in community and can be used in future research on association between PA, obesity and diabetes.
Keywords : Physical activity; questionnaire; adaptation; reproducibility; Mexican indigenous.