| Title: |
Concordance between different criteria for self-reported physical activity levels and risk factors in people with high blood pressure in a rural district in bangladesh |
| Authors: |
Islam, FMA; Bhowmik, J; Camera, DM; Maddison, R; Lambert, GW |
| Publisher Information: |
MDPI |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
The University of Melbourne: Digital Repository |
| Description: |
Self-reported assessment of physical activity (PA) is commonly used in public health research. The present study investigated the concordance of self-reported PA assessed using the global physical activity questionnaire (GPAQ) and two different measurement approaches. Participants (n = 307, aged 30-75 years with hypertension) were recruited from a rural area in Bangladesh. We analyzed the difference between the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations of more than 600 metabolic-equivalent time-minutes (MET-min) and the self-reported active hours, at least 2.5 h per week. Tests of sensitivity and specificity were conducted to determine concordance between the two measures. According to the WHO criteria, 255 (83%) participants were active more than 600 MET-min per week and 172 (56%) people were physically active 2.5 h or more per week, indicating a 27% difference in self-reported PA. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values and concordance between the two measures were 64%, 92%, 98%, 34% and 70%, respectively. Considering the WHO MET-min as the appropriate measure, 89 (35%) were false negative (FN). Older age, professionals and businesspersons were associated with a higher proportion of FN. There is a gap between self-reported PA, thus a better estimate of PA may result from combining two criteria to measure PA levels. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1661-7827 |
| Relation: |
pii: ijerph181910487; https://hdl.handle.net/11343/305109 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/11343/305109 |
| Rights: |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 ; CC BY |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.EAFCF64D |
| Database: |
BASE |