. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Prev Med. 2011 Aug;41(2):216–227. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2011.05.005

Table 1.

Reliability coefficients for questionnaire measures of waking time spent in sedentary behaviors

Type of Questionnaire	Name of Questionnaire (if available)	Range of correlation coefficients	Test–retest periods
OVERALL
Single-item measures	IPAQ, short form	ρ=0.18–0.95^{9-11, 26, 27}	3 days–3 weeks
	IPAQ, short form	ICC=0.80–0.97^{18, 23, 25}
	WAIPAQ	ICC=0.79¹⁴	10 days
	St Louis Instrument	ICC=0.37¹⁶	7–21 days
	GPAQ	ρ=0.50–0.69¹⁷	2 weeks–2 months
Composite measure of sitting (sum of multiple domains)	IPAQ, long form	ρ=0.28–0.93^{9, 11}	3–10 days
	IPAQ, long form	ICC=0.65–0.71 ^{31, 32}
	AWAS	ICC=0.42¹⁵	7 days
	RPAQ^*	ICC=0.76²⁰	14 days
	AQuAA	ICC=0.60²¹	14 days
	SBQ	ICC=0.77–0.85²⁸	2 weeks
	Other questionnaire	ICC=0.52²²	7 days
DOMAIN-SPECIFIC
Leisure-time
TV Viewing	NHANES	ICC=0.32³³	9–30 days
	EPAQ-2	r=0.75–0.78²⁴	3 months
	SBQ	ICC=0.83–0.86²⁸	2 weeks
	Other questionnaires	ICC=0.42–0.82^{13, 19, 22, 29, 30}	1–11weeks
TV viewing and computer use	WAIPAQ	ICC=0.88¹⁴	10 days
	FPACQ	ICC=0.76–0.93⁸	2 weeks
	Other questionnaires	ICC=0.54¹²	1 week
Computer use	NHANES	ICC=0.69³³	9–30 days
	SBQ	ICC=0.80–0.83²⁸	2 weeks
	Other questionnaires	ICC=0.59–0.79^{19, 22, 29}	1–week 11 days
Other sitting	SBQ	ICC=0.48–0.93²⁸	2 weeks
	FPACQ	ICC=0.14–0.74⁸	2 weeks
	Other questionnaires	ICC=0.04–0.81^{12, 13, 22, 29}	1–11 weeks
		ρ=0.25–0.38¹⁹
Work
Workplace sitting	SBQ	ICC=0.64–0.77²⁸	2 weeks
Workplace sitting	Other questionnaires	ICC=0.76–0.86^{12, 13, 19}	1–11 weeks
Workplace computer use	WAIPAQ	ICC=0.93¹⁴	10 days
Travel
All travel	SBQ	ICC=0.72–0.76²⁸	2 weeks
	Other questionnaires	ICC= 0.40–0.54^{13, 22}	11 days
		ρ=0.31–0.60¹⁹
Travel for leisure	Other questionnaires	ICC=0.85²⁹	1 week
Travel for work	St Louis Instrument	ICC=0.29¹⁶	7–21 days
Travel for work	Other questionnaires	ICC=0.54¹²	1 week

Other sitting includes listening to music, reading, meals, telephone, socializing, relaxing, and hobbies.

Questionnaire includes sleep in sedentary time.

ICC: intra-class correlation; ρ: Spearman’s rho. IPAQ : International Physical Activity Questionnaire, WAIPAQ: Western Australian Physical Activity Questionnaire, GPAQ: Global Physical Activity Questionnaire, AWAS : Australian Women’s Activity Survey, RPAQ: Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire, AQuAA : Activity Questionnaire for Adults and Adolescents, SBQ: Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire, NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, EPAQ-2: EPIC (European Prospective Investigation into Cancer) Physical Activity Questionnaire, FPACQ: Flemish Physical Activity Computerized Questionnaire