Table 2.
Explanation of acronyms or abbreviated names of questionnaires, studies on measurement properties and sample characteristics
| Abbreviation | Full name of questionnaire | Studies on measurement properties | Assessed measurement properties | Comparison measures | Sample N (of consented), age (years), gestational week, pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2), specific characteristics, nationality |
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| Reliability | Validity | Responsiveness | |||||
| AQuAA | Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents and Adults [58] | Oostdam et al. [50] | ● | ● | Acc | 55 (of 124), mean age = 31.4 (SD = 3.9), gw = 17, 24 and 32, mean BMI = 33.7 (SD = 5.3), overweight and obese, Netherlands | |
| AWAS | Australian Women’s Activity Study [60] | Bell et al. [40] | ● | ● | Acc | 59 (N/A), median age = 31.0 (IQR = 26.0–34.0), median gw = 12, median BMIa = 28.6 (IQR = 26.6–33.0), overweight and obese, UK | |
| GPAQ | Global Physical Activity Questionnaire [56] | Watson et al. [54] | ● | ● | Acc | 95 (of 150), mean age = 29.5 (SD = 5.7), mean BMIa = 26.9 (SD = 5.0), all trimesters, South Africa | |
| IPAQ | International Physical Activity Questionnaire (long-form) [59] | Harrison et al. [48] | ● | Acc, Ped | 30 (of 48), mean age = 33.6 (SD = 4.7), gw = 26–28, mean BMIa = 31.2 (SD = 5.1), Australia | ||
| IPAQ-SF | International Physical Activity Questionnaire (short-form) [59] | Sanda et al. [52] | ● | ● | Acc | Reliability study: 88 (of 154), median age = 28 (range = 20–42), median gw = 19 (range = 16–31), median BMI = 22.6 (range = 17.9–38.3), Norway Validity study: 64 (of 118), median age = 30 (range = 22–44), median gw = 21 (range = 16–35), median BMI = 22.3 (range = 19.5–43.2), Norway |
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| LTEQ | Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire [61] | Symons Downs et al. [53] | ● | ● | Ped | 30 (of 37), mean age = 31.0 (SD = 4.1), gw = 20 and 32, mean BMIa = 25.1/26.5 (SD = 5.2/5.4), Study 2, USA | |
| LTPAQ | Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire (modified from IPAQ) [39] | Aittasalo et al. [39] | ● | ● | Ped, Log | 49 (of 79); mean age = 29.2 (SD = 5.5); mean gw = 23.5 (SD = 6.4), mean BMI = 25.8 (SD = 5.3), Finland | |
| PAPQ | Physical Activity and Pregnancy Questionnaire [62] | Haakstad et al. [47] | ● | Acc | 77 (of 82), mean age = 32.3 (SD = 3.6), mean gw = 34.7 (SD = 2.1), mean BMI = 22.3 (SD = 2.2), Norway | ||
| PPAQ | Pregnancy Physical Activity Questionnaire [44] | Cohen et al. [46] Bilingual version (English, French) |
● | Ped | 61 (of 81), mean age = 30.0–34.5, gw (second/third) = 21.1/32.3, BMI = 70% normal pre-pregnancy BMI, Canada | ||
| Xiang et al. [55] Chinese version |
● | ● | Acc | 182 (of 224), mean age = 27.5 (SD = 4.1), gw = 22.4 (SD = 8.6), mean BMI = 21.1 (SD = 2.9), all trimesters, China | |||
| Brett et al. [42] English version |
● | Acc | 29 (N/A), mean age (active/non-active) = 31.0 (SD = 3)/32.0 (SD = 3), mean gw (active/non-active) = 24.8 (SD = 2.6)/25.4 (SD = 1.9), mean BMI (active/non-active) = 23.0 (SD = 3.2)/25.0 (SD = 5.8), Canada | ||||
| Chasan-Taber et al. [44] English version |
● | ● | Acc | 54 (of 63), age range (inclusion) = 16.0–40.0, all trimesters, USA | |||
| Chandonnet et al. [43] French version |
● | ● | Acc | 49 (of 56), mean age = 29.8 (SD = 4.2), mean gw (all trimesters) = 24.7 (SD = 9.0), mean BMI = 34.7 (SD = 5.1), obese, Canada | |||
| Matsuzaki et al. [49] Japanese version |
● | ● | Acc | 58 (of 60), mean age = 32.9 (SD = 3.9), mean BMI = 20.6 (SD = 3.2), all trimesters, Japan | |||
| Cirak et al. [45] Turkish version |
● | ● | Q, Ped | 204 (of 204), mean age = 28.2 (SD = 4.9), mean gw = 22.5 (SD = 11.0), mean BMI = 23.3 (SD = 4.1), all trimesters, Turkey | |||
| Ota et al. [51] Vietnamese version |
● | ● | Ped | 60 (of 60), mean age = 26.8 (SD = 5.0), mean BMIa = 21.3 (SD = 2.5), all trimesters, Vietnam | |||
| Q1 of MoBa | Questionnaire of recreational exercise from Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study [63] | Brantsæter et al. [41] | ● | Acc | 112 (of 119), mean age = 31.2 (SD = 4.0), mean gw = 20, mean BMIa = 24.8 (SD = 3.5), Norway | ||
| RPAQ | Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire [57] | Bell et al. [40] | ● | ● | Acc | 59 (N/A), median age = 31.0 (IQR = 26.0–34.0), median gw = 12, median BMIa = 28.6 (IQR = 26.6–33.0), overweight and obese, UK | |
Acc accelerometer, BMI body mass index, gw gestational week, IQR interquartile range, Log Logbook, N/A not applicable, Ped pedometer, Q questionnaire, SD standard deviation, UK United Kingdom, USA United States of America
aPregnancy BMI (e.g., at point of recruitment or time of measuring)