The German version of the Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire: a translation, cross-cultural adaptation, reliability and validity assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Validated and internationally standardised measurement instruments are a prerequisite for ensuring that physical activity during pregnancy is comparable and for deriving physical activity recommendations. In Germany, there has been no adapted version of the internationally used Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire (PPAQ) until now. This study's aim centred around translating the original English version into German (PPAQ-G) and determining its reliability as well as validity in a German population.

Methods

The PPAQ was translated into German using the forward-backwards technique. Its reliability and validity were tested. Thirty-four correctly completed questionnaires were analysed. The test-retest reliability was presented using the intraclass correlation coe

SUBMITTER: Spiller M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11409628 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature