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Purpose

Assess the agreement between commonly used self-report methods compared with objectively measured physical activity (PA) in defining the prevalence of individuals compliant with PA recommendations.

Methods

Time spent in moderate and vigorous PA (MVPA) was measured at two time points in 1713 healthy individuals from 9 European countries using individually-calibrated combined heart-rate and movement sensing. Participants also completed the Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire (RPAQ), the short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) and the short European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition Physical Activity Questionnaire (EPIC-PAQ). Individuals were categorized as active (eg reporting≥ 150 min of MVPA per week) or inactive, based on the information derived from the different measures. Sensitivity and specificity analyses and Kappa statistics …