Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in daily life: a comparative analysis of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) and the SenseWear armband

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  • dc.contributor.author Laeremans, Michelle
  • dc.contributor.author Dons, Evi
  • dc.contributor.author Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-
  • dc.contributor.author Carrasco Turigas, Glòria
  • dc.contributor.author Orjuela, Juan Pablo
  • dc.contributor.author Anaya Boig, Esther
  • dc.contributor.author Brand, Christian
  • dc.contributor.author Cole-Hunter, Tom
  • dc.contributor.author De Nazelle, Audrey
  • dc.contributor.author Götschi, Thomas
  • dc.contributor.author Kahlmeier, Sonja
  • dc.contributor.author Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.
  • dc.contributor.author Standaert, Arnout
  • dc.contributor.author De Boever, Patrick
  • dc.contributor.author Int Panis, Luc
  • dc.date.accessioned 2024-02-19T10:10:12Z
  • dc.date.available 2024-02-19T10:10:12Z
  • dc.date.issued 2017
  • dc.description.abstract Reduction of sedentary time and an increase in physical activity offer potential to improve public health. However, quantifying physical activity behaviour under real world conditions is a major challenge and no standard of good practice is available. Our aim was to compare the results of physical activity and sedentary behaviour obtained with a self-reported instrument (Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ)) and a wearable sensor (SenseWear) in a repeated measures study design. Healthy adults (41 in Antwerp, 41 in Barcelona and 40 in London) wore the SenseWear armband for seven consecutive days and completed the GPAQ on the final day. This was repeated three times. We used the Wilcoxon signed rank sum test, Spearman correlation coefficients, mixed effects regression models and Bland-Altman plots to study agreement between both methods. Mixed models were used to assess the effect of personal characteristics on the absolute and relative difference between estimates obtained with the GPAQ and SenseWear. Moderate to vigorous energy expenditure and duration derived from the GPAQ were significantly lower (p<0.05) compared to the SenseWear, yet these variables showed significant correlations ranging from 0.45 to 0.64. Estimates of vigorous-intensity physical activity in particular showed high similarity (r>0.59). Results for sedentary behaviour did not differ, yet were poorly correlated (r<0.25). The differences between all variables were reproducible across repeated measurements. In addition, we observed a relationship between these differences and BMI, body fat and physical activity domain. Due to the lack of a standardized protocol, results from different studies measuring physical activity and sedentary behaviour are difficult to compare. Therefore, we suggested an easy-to-implement approach for future studies adding the GPAQ to the wearable of choice as a basis for comparisons.
  • dc.description.sponsorship This research received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program to the PASTA project under grant agreement No. 602624 (FP7-HEALTH-2013-INNOVATION-1) (Physical Activity through Sustainable Transport Approaches). Michelle Laeremans is supported by a VITO PhD scholarship (no grant number; www.vito.be). Evi Dons holds a postdoctoral scholarship from FWO – Research Foundation Flanders (grant number: 12L8815N; www.fwo.be). Juan Pablo Orjuela received a beneficiary grant from Colciencias (Administrative Department of Science, Technology and Innovation of the Colombian Government) (grant number 646; www.colciencias.gov.co). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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  • dc.identifier.citation Laeremans M, Dons E, Avila-Palencia I, Carrasco-Turigas G, Orjuela JP, Anaya E, et al. Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in daily life: a comparative analysis of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) and the SenseWear armband. PLoS ONE. 2017 May 16;12(5):e0177765. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177765
  • dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177765
  • dc.identifier.issn 1932-6203
  • dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/59149
  • dc.language.iso eng
  • dc.publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS)
  • dc.relation.ispartof PLoS ONE. 2017 May 16;12(5):e0177765
  • dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/602624
  • dc.rights © 2017 Laeremans et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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  • dc.subject.other Bioenergia (Psicoteràpia)
  • dc.subject.other Exercici
  • dc.subject.other Teixit adipós
  • dc.title Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in daily life: a comparative analysis of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) and the SenseWear armband
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