Comparing Multiple Measures of Physical Activity in African-American Adults

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ID15329614
AuthorsScherezade K Mama (0000-0003-1935-7707, Department of Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA;, Email: [email protected], corresponding author), Nishat Bhuiyan (0000-0002-2947-6673, Department of Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Development, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA), Rebecca E Lee (0000-0001-8584-9721, Arizona State University), Karen Basen-Engquist (0000-0001-7299-0646, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center), David W Wetter (0000-0002-6366-0108, University of Utah), Deborah Thompson (0000-0003-0931-317X, Baylor College of Medicine), Debbe Thompson (0000-0002-5491-8816, Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine), Lorna H Mcneill (0000-0003-1594-6301, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center)
Year2019
Volume43
Issue5
Pages877-886
Publication date2019-08-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Health Behavior (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1087-3244 • E-ISSN: 1945-7359
PublisherPNG Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.5993/ajhb.43.5.1
OpenAlexW2969380351
LanguageEN
References cited7

OBJECTIVES: We assessed the agreement between self-reported and accelerometer-assessed physical activity (PA) in African-American adults by sex, education, income, and weight status. METHODS: Participants (N = 274) completed the International PA Questionnaire short form (IPAQ-S), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) PA questions, and PA Questionnaire (PAQ) and a 7-day accelerometer protocol using a waist-worn ActiGraph GT3X accelerometer. Interrelationships among PA measures were assessed by sociodemographics. RESULTS: Participants consistently reported doing ≥150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous-intensity PA (MVPA) per week via self-report measures and did 113.5±179.4 minutes of accelerometer-assessed MVPA/week. Men self-reported and did more MVPA than women (p < .01). Regardless of sex, there were low correlations between self-report and accelerometer-assessed MVPA (r = .092–.190). Poor agreement existed between self-report and accelerometry for classifying participants as meeting PA recommendations (Cohen k = .054−.136); only half of the participants were classified the same by both self-report and accelerometry. CONCLUSIONS: There was generally poor relative agreement between self-report and accelerometer-based assessments of MVPA in this sample of African-American adults. Findings suggest that self-report measures may perform better among African-American women than men, regardless of socioeconomic or weight status

Accelerometer · African american · Anthropometry · Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System · Environmental health · Obesity · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Population · Socioeconomic status · Waist · Demography · Medicine · Mobile Health and mHealth Applications · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Gerontology

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