Assessing physical activity in people with mental illness : 23-country reliability and validity of the simple physical activity questionnaire (SIMPAQ)

Rosenbaum, S. and Morell, R. and Abdel-Baki, A. and Ahmadpanah, M. and Anilkumar, T. V. and Baie, L. and Bauman, A. and Bender, S. and Boyan Han, J. and Brand, S. and Bratland-Sanda, S. and Bueno-Antequera, J. and Camaz Deslandes, A. and Carneiro, L. and Carraro, A. and Castañeda, C. P. and Castro Monteiro, F. and Chapman, J. and Chau, J. Y. and Chen, L. J. and Chvatalova, B. and Chwastiak, L. and Corretti, G. and Dillon, M. and Douglas, C. and Egger, S. T. and Gaughran, F. and Gerber, M. and Gobbi, E. and Gould, K. and Hatzinger, M. and Holsboer-Trachsler, E. and Hoodbhoy, Z. and Imboden, C. and Indu, P. S. and Iqbal, R. and Jesus-Moraleida, F. R. and Kondo, S. and Ku, P. W. and Lederman, O. and Lee, E. H.M. and Malchow, B. and Matthews, E. and Mazur, P. and Meneghelli, A. and Mian, A. and Morseth, B. and Munguia-Izquierdo, D. and Nyboe, L. and O'Donoghue, B. and Perram, A. and Richards, J. and Romain, A. J. and Romaniuk, M. and Sadeghi Bahmani, D. and Sarno, M. and Schuch, F. and Schweinfurth, N. and Stubbs, B. and Uwakwe, R. and Van Damme, T. and Van Der Stouwe, E. and Vancampfort, D. and Vetter, S. and Waterreus, A. and Ward, P. B. (2020) Assessing physical activity in people with mental illness : 23-country reliability and validity of the simple physical activity questionnaire (SIMPAQ). BMC Psychiatry, 20 (1). ISSN 1471-244X

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Abstract

Background: Physical inactivity is a key contributor to the global burden of disease and disproportionately impacts the wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness. Increases in physical activity are associated with improvements in symptoms of mental illness and reduction in cardiometabolic risk. Reliable and valid clinical tools that assess physical activity would improve evaluation of intervention studies that aim to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behaviour in people living with mental illness. Methods: The five-item Simple Physical Activity Questionnaire (SIMPAQ) was developed by a multidisciplinary, international working group as a clinical tool to assess physical activity and sedentary behaviour in people living with mental illness. Patients with a DSM or ICD mental illness diagnoses were recruited and completed the SIMPAQ on two occasions, one week apart. Participants wore an Actigraph accelerometer and completed brief cognitive and clinical assessments. Results: Evidence of SIMPAQ validity was assessed against accelerometer-derived measures of physical activity. Data were obtained from 1010 participants. The SIMPAQ had good test-retest reliability. Correlations for moderate-vigorous physical activity was comparable to studies conducted in general population samples. Evidence of validity for the sedentary behaviour item was poor. An alternative method to calculate sedentary behaviour had stronger evidence of validity. This alternative method is recommended for use in future studies employing the SIMPAQ. Conclusions: The SIMPAQ is a brief measure of physical activity and sedentary behaviour that can be reliably and validly administered by health professionals.

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Date Deposited: 19 Oct 2022 23:05
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