Validity of the Brazilian version of the <i>Godin-Shephard Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire</i>

Thaís Moreira São João

Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil.

Roberta Cunha Matheus Rodrigues

Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil.

Maria Cecília Bueno Jayme Gallani

Faculté des Sciences Infirmières, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.

Cinthya Tamie Passos Miura

Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil.

Gabriela de Barros Leite Domingues

Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil.

Steve Amireault

College of Health and Human Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, U.S.A.

Gaston Godin

Faculté des Sciences Infirmières, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.

Correspondence. T. M. São João. Faculdade de Enfermagem, Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Rua Tessália Vieira de Camargo 12, Campinas, SP 13083-887, Brasil. tsaojoao@unicamp.br

Contributors

T. M. São João made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work, and to the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data for the work; drafting the work and revising it critically for important intellectual content; approved the final version of the paper. R. C. M. Rodrigues made substantial contributions to the conception and design of the work, and approved the final version of the paper. M. C. B. J. Gallani drafting the work and revising it critically for important intellectual content, and approved the final version of the paper. C. T. P. Miura and G. B. L. Domingues contributed to the acquisition, analysis, and interpretation of data for the work, and approved the final version of the paper. S. Amireault contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data for the work; critically revising for important intellectual content; and approved the final version of the paper. G. Godin revising the work critically for important intellectual content, and approved the final version of the paper.

Declaration of conflicting interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interest.

Variables	Total sample (N = 236)			Healthy (n = 100)			Hypertensive (n = 100)			CHD (n = 36)
Variables	n (%)	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	n (%)	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	n (%)	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)	n (%)	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)
Sociodemographic
Age (years)		52.8 (11.1)	53.0 (14.7)		49.6 (11.5)	51.0 (14.7)		54.3 (10.7)	54.0 (14.7)		57.3 (8.7)	56.5 (11.0)
Education (years)		5.7 (3.2)	5.0 (4.0)		6.3 (3.3)	6.0 (4.0)		5.0 (3.0)	4.0 (3.0)		5.8 (3.4)	4.0 (4.0)
Family income (US$)		911.7 (620.7)	765.0 (588.2)		1,039. 2 (730.1)	819.7 (726.5)		787.2 (410.9)	735.0 (470.6)		903.3 (714.7)	683.1 (488.2)
Sex – Female	138 (58.5)			52 (52.0)			73 (73.0)			13 (36.1)
Color – White	194 (82.2)			85 (85.0)			79 (79.0)			30 (83.3)
Marital status – with companion	172 (72.8)			70 (70.0)			72 (72.0)			30 (83.3)
Professional status
Active	122 (51.7)			59 (59.0)			49 (49.0)			14 (38.9)
Non-active/Housewife	114 (48.3)			41 (41.0)			51 (51.0)			22 (61.1)
Clinical
Symptoms		3.7 (2.2)	4.0 (4.0)		-	-		3.7 (2.2)	4.0 (4.0)		3.6 (2.2)	3.0 (4.0)
Associated clinical conditions		2.2 (1.0)	2.0 (2.0)		-	-		2.1 (1.0)	2.0 (2.0)		2.6 (1.1)	3.0 (1.0)
Body mass index		29.6 (5.6)	29.1 (6.8)		28.3 (5.0)	28.2 (6.9)		31.2 (6.0)	30.2 (8.3)		28.7 (4.9)	27.7 (7.5)

	Range	n (%)	Mean (SD)	Median (IQR)
Physical activity measures
GSLTPAQ (higher score means higher leisure-time physical activity)
Mild activities	0.0-21.0		1.0 (1.8)	0.0 (2.0)
Moderate activities	0.0-35.0		0.4 (1.2)	0.0 (0.0)
Strenuous activities	0.0-45.0		0.1 (0.5)	0.0 (0.0)
Continuous score
With mild activities	0.0-60.0		5.8 (9.3)	0.0 (9.0)
Excluding mild activities	0.0-45.0		2.8 (7.6)	0.0 (0.0)
Categorized score
Insufficiently active (< 14 units)		189 (80.1)
Moderately active (≥ 14 and < 23 units)		33 (14.0)
Active (≥ 24 units)		14 (5.9)
Baecke-HPA
Occupational physical activity (1-5; higher score = higher occupational physical activity)	1.1-4.7		2.6 (0.9)	2.6 (1.9)
Physical exercise in leisure (1-5; higher score = higher physical exercise in leisure)	1.0-4.2		2.1 (0.6)	2.0 (0.7)
Leisure and locomotion activities (1-5; higher score = higher leisure and locomotion physical activity)	1.0-4.5		2.5 (0.6)	2.5 (1.0)
Total score (3-15; higher score = higher total habitual physical activity)	3.9-12.0		7.2 (1.5)	7.2 (2.0)
Self-report behavior measure (1-4; higher score = higher physical activity)
Score	1-4		1.7 (1.2)	1.0 (1.0)
Less than once a week (1)		173 (73.3)
Once a week (2)		9 (3.8)
Twice a week (3)		12 (5.1)
3 or more times/week (4)		42 (17.8)
Cardiorespiratory fitness measures
Direct
VO_2peak(ml.kg^-1.min^-1)	8.2-42.4		19.7 (5.7)	19.2 (6.9)
Indirect
VSAQ * (ml.kg^-1.min^-1)	5.2-50.7		22.0 (9.8)	20.3 (15.0)
VO_2pred(ml.kg^-1.min^-1)	3.5-59.4		29.1 (11.3)	27.2 (17.5)

Physical activity measures	GSLTPAQ
	Score including mild activities	Score excluding mild activities
	r* [95%CI]	r* [95%CI]
Baecke-HPA
Occupational physical activity	0.02 [-0.11, 0.15]	0.08 [-0.05, 0.21]
Physical exercise in leisure	0.62 ** [0.53, 0.69]	0.47 ** [0.36, 0.56]
Leisure and locomotion activities	0.16 *** [0.03, 0.28]	0.17 *** [0.04, 0.29]
Total score	0.36 ** [0.24, 0.47]	0.25 ** [0.13, 0.37]
Self-report measure of walking behavior	0.62 ** [0.53, 0.69]	0.19 ^# [0.06, 0.31]

Cardiorespiratory fitness	GSLTPAQ
	Score including mild activities	Score excluding mild activities
	r * [95%CI]	r * [95%CI]
Direct measure
VO_2peak	0.09 [-0.04, 0.22]	0.03 [-0.10, 0.16]
Indirect measures
VO_2pred	0.15 ** [0.02, 0.27]	0.19 *** [0.06, 0.31]
VSAQ	0.23 ^# [0.10, 0.35]	0.34 ^# [0.22, 0.45]

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