Turkish adaptation of the Physical Activity Readiness Questionare for Everyone (PAR-Q+)

Abstract

Introduction:The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+) is one ofthe tools suggested by the American College of Sports Medicine for healthscreening before initiating exercise. This study aimed to adapt the PAR-Q+ intoTurkish.Methods:After the Turkish translation, the instrument was applied to a sufficientnumber of samples from the family medicine outpatient clinics. Simultaneously,socio-demographic features were collected from the participants. The data wereevaluated using SPSS package program. Results:According to the test/retest analysis, the reliability of the instrument wassignificantly high (r = 0.87, p lt;0.001). Mean age ± standard deviation andbody mass index of the participants were 48.0±16.1 and 27.9±5.9, respectively,with 58.6% (n=178) being males. Hypertension, diabetes, and smoking frequencywere 32.2% (n=98), 26.0% (n=79), and 37.8% (n=115), respectively.Conclusion:The high proportion of medical conditions present among the participantssuggests its need to be utilized by the community. This study has demonstratedsafe usage of the Turkish adaptation of the PAR-Q+ instrument. We believe thatthis tool should become widely used by family physicians.

Keywords

• fiziksel aktivite
• geçerlilik çalışması
• aile hekimleri
• aile hekimliği
• çeviriler
• egzersiz
• anket ve ölçekler
• türkiye
• physical activity
• validation studies
• family physicians
• family practice
• translations
• exercise
• surveys and questionnaires
• turkey