TY - JOUR
T1 - Reliability of the ALPHA environmental questionnaire and its association with physical activity in female fibromyalgia patients
T2 - the al-Ándalus project
AU - Herrador-Colmenero, Manuel
AU - Ruiz, Jonatan R
AU - Ortega, Francisco B
AU - Segura-Jiménez, Víctor
AU - Álvarez-Gallardo, Inmaculada C
AU - Camiletti-Moirón, Daniel
AU - Estévez-López, Fernando
AU - Delgado-Fernández, Manuel
AU - Chillón, Palma
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Physical activity attenuates the symptoms of fibromyalgia, and its level is oftentimes associated with the perceived environment of fibromyalgia patients. Within this context, we aimed to study the reliability of the Spanish version of the Assessing Levels of Physical Activity (ALPHA) environmental questionnaire and the mode of commuting questionnaire. We also studied the association between the perceived environment and mode of commuting with physical activity levels among female fibromyalgia patients in Spain. Test-retest reliability was judged by the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), weighted kappa statistic, Spearman correlations and the proportion of agreement. We calculated bivariate Pearson's correlations between environmental sum scores and physical activity measured by both International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and accelerometry. More than 70% of the scales and items showed a good reliability regarding the ICC, the weighted kappa, the Spearman correlation and the percentage of inter-agreement (higher than 50%). The perceived environment assessed with the ALPHA showed a low correlation with both IPAQ and accelerometry. The Spanish version of the ALPHA environmental questionnaire proved to be reliable and showed a weak degree of association with physical activity in female fibromyalgia patients.
AB - Physical activity attenuates the symptoms of fibromyalgia, and its level is oftentimes associated with the perceived environment of fibromyalgia patients. Within this context, we aimed to study the reliability of the Spanish version of the Assessing Levels of Physical Activity (ALPHA) environmental questionnaire and the mode of commuting questionnaire. We also studied the association between the perceived environment and mode of commuting with physical activity levels among female fibromyalgia patients in Spain. Test-retest reliability was judged by the intra-class correlation coefficient (ICC), weighted kappa statistic, Spearman correlations and the proportion of agreement. We calculated bivariate Pearson's correlations between environmental sum scores and physical activity measured by both International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and accelerometry. More than 70% of the scales and items showed a good reliability regarding the ICC, the weighted kappa, the Spearman correlation and the percentage of inter-agreement (higher than 50%). The perceived environment assessed with the ALPHA showed a low correlation with both IPAQ and accelerometry. The Spanish version of the ALPHA environmental questionnaire proved to be reliable and showed a weak degree of association with physical activity in female fibromyalgia patients.
KW - Accelerometry
KW - Adult
KW - Data Interpretation, Statistical
KW - Environment
KW - Female
KW - Fibromyalgia
KW - Humans
KW - Middle Aged
KW - Motor Activity
KW - Perception
KW - Reproducibility of Results
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
KW - Transportation
U2 - 10.1080/02640414.2014.968190
DO - 10.1080/02640414.2014.968190
M3 - Article
C2 - 25357996
SN - 0264-0414
VL - 33
SP - 850
EP - 862
JO - Journal of Sport Sciences
JF - Journal of Sport Sciences
IS - 8
ER -