Abstract
This study examined the concordance between accelerometry-measured and self-reported physical activity (PA) and sedentary time in adults with autism. Twenty-four participants wore an ActiGraph GT3X + accelerometer for seven consecutive days and completed the International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form (IPAQ-SF) on the last day of their study participation. Bland-Altman plots assessed the magnitude of agreement between the two measures. Nearly 80% of the participants accumulated the recommended ≥ 150 min of moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA)/week, but were also sedentary for over nine hours/day according to accelerometry data. Findings showed that adults with autism tended to overreport MVPA (b = 1.606, p < 0.01) and underreport sedentary time (b = 1.161, p = 0.03) via the IPAQ-SF, as compared to objective measurements.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1517-1526 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders |
Volume | 54 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Apr 2024 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2022.
Keywords
- Accelerometer
- Autism
- IPAQ-SF
- Physical activity
- Sedentary time