The purpose of the International Physical Activity Questionnaires (IPAQ) is to provide a set of well-developed instruments that can be used internationally to obtain comparable estimates of physical activity. There are two versions of the questionnaire. The short version is suitable for use in national and regional surveillance systems and the long version provides more detailed information often required in research work or for evaluation purposes. The long version produces estimates of physical activity in four domains: work, leisure, transportation and household.
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Craig, C.L., Marshall, A.L., Sjostrom, M., Bauman, A.E., Booth, M.L., Ainsworth, B.E., Pratt, M., Ekelund, U., Yngve, A., Sallis, J.F., and Oja, P. (2003). International Physical Activity Questionnaire: 12-country reliability and validity. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 35, 1381-1895.
Bauman, A., Bull, F.C., Craig, C.L., Ainsworth, B.E., Sallis, J.F., Bowles, H.R. Hagstromer, M., Sjostrom, M., Pratt, M., and the IPS Group. (2009). The International Prevalence Study on Physical Activity: Results from 20 countries. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 6:21. Posted March 31, 2009.
Bauman, A., Ainsworth, B.E., Bull, F., Craig, C.L., Hagstromer, M., Sallis, J.F., Pratt, M., and Sjostrom, M. (2009). Progress and pitfalls in the use of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire [IPAQ] for adult physical activity surveillance. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 5 (suppl. 1), S5-S8. (invited commentary)
Bauman, A., Ainsworth, B.E., Sallis, J.F., Hagstromer, M., Craig, C.L., Bull, F.C., Pratt, M., Venugopal, K., Chau, J., Sjostrom, M., and the IPS Group. (2011). The descriptive epidemiology of sitting: A 20 country comparison using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 41, 228-237.
Cerin, E., Cain, K.L., Oyeyemi, A., Owen, N., Conway, T.L., Cochrane, T., van Dyck, D., Schipperijn, J., Mitaš, J., Toftager, M., Aguinaga-Ontoso, I., and Sallis, J.F. (2016). Correlates of agreement between accelerometry and self-reported physical activity. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 48(6), 1075-1084.
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