THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE EUROPEAN HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY - PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE (EHIS-PAQ)

Abstract

Purpose: To translate and adapt the Turkish version of the EHIS-PAQ and to evaluate its reliability andvalidity in young adults.Methods: A total of 431 young adults were assessed with the Turkish version of the EHIS-PAQ andInternational Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF). One week later, 117 participantsrefilled the Turkish EHIS-PAQ for the test-retest reliability. Reproducibility and construct validity wasanalyzed with intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Pearson correlation coefficient, respectively.Besides, standard error of measurement (SEM95) and minimal detectable change (MDC95) were calculatedfor the Turkish EHIS-PAQ.Results: The mean age of the participants were 21.2±9.8 years. The ICC score for the total PhysicalActivity (PA) of Turkish EHIS-PAQ was 0.873 (CI:0.81-0.91). Test-retest reliability for the total score wasexcellent (ICC>0.80). The highest correlation was observed between the walking minute value of TurkishEHIS-PAQ and the walking PA sub-score of IPAQ-SF, as expected (r=0.625, p