Evaluación de la confiabilidad del cuestionario internacional de actividad física (IPAQ) en la población adulta mayor del área urbana del cantón Cuenca en el año 2015

Abstract

The demographic transition causes the growth of the elderly population in Latin America and, particularly in the Andean countries. Is why the WHO proposes as an instrument to measure physical activity, the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ).

Objective: To validate the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) in the elderly population of the urban area of Canton Cuenca in 2015.

Methodology This study evaluated the reliability of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), whereby physical activity levels in 378 elderly medieron the urban area of Canton Cuenca. The questionnaire was applied twice with a span of one week. The tabulation of data was performed in Excel and SPSS. For results Cronbach's alpha and intraclass correlation was used.

Results Intraclass correlation values and Cronbach Alfa for IPAQ IPAQ 1 and 2 are higher than 0.7. These values show that is reliable and the results are consistent.

The statistics showed no significant differences between the two controls. At age to the extent that it increases physical activity decreases. Marital status alone does not show statistical association with physical activity. The level of education does not seem to be a paragraph that defines the level of physical activity of people. Occupation or not people itself determines the level of physical activity