Construct Validity and Responsiveness of the Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity in Adults Living With HIV.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the construct validity and responsiveness of the Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity (RAPA) for measuring physical activity (PA) in adults living with HIV.

Design

Secondary analysis of an interrupted time-series intervention study.

Setting

Community-based fitness facility in Toronto, Canada.

Participants

Sixty-seven adults (N=67) living with HIV (n=5 women; mean age, 51.8±11.6 years) with available baseline data to assess for construct validity of the RAPA, of which 50 (n=4 women; age, 53.2±11.4 years) had follow-up data to evaluate responsiveness.

Interventions

Two months of a community-based exercise intervention involving thrice weekly multicomponent exercises.

Main outcome measures

We used a single-item PA questionnaire

SUBMITTER: Noguchi KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8683868 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature