title: Reproducibility and validity of the French version of the long international physical activity questionnaire in patients with type 2 diabetes.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Increasing physical activity and decreasing sedentary time are cornerstones in the management of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). However, there are few instruments available to measure physical activity in this population. We translated the long version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-L) into French and studied its reproducibility and validity in patients with T2DM.
  
  
  METHODS
  Reproducibility was studied by 2 telephone administrations, 8 days apart. Concurrent validity was tested against pedometry for 7 days during habitual life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One-hundred forty-three patients with T2DM were recruited (59% males; age: 60.9 ± 10.5 years; BMI: 31.2 ± 5.2 kg/m2; HbA1c: 7.4 ± 1.2%). Intraclass correlation coefficients (95% CI) for repeated administration (n = 126) were 0.74 (0.61-0.83) for total physical activity, 0.72 (0.57-0.82) for walking, and 0.65 (0.51-0.78) for sitting time. Total physical activity and walking (MET-min·week-1) correlated with daily steps (Spearman r = .24 and r = .23, respectively, P < .05). Sitting time (min·week-1) correlated negatively with daily steps in women (r = -0.33; P < .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our French version of the IPAQ-L appears reliable to assess habitual physical activity and sedentary time in patients with T2DM, confirming previous data in nonclinical populations.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Internal Medicine, CHRU de Tours, Tours, France.
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Crinière
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lhommet
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Caille
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Giraudeau
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lecomte
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Couet
authors.forename: Jean-Michel
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Oppert
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jacobi
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy / Q000295:instrumentation; D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D010361:Patients; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*