Cross-cultural translation, adaptation, and reliability of the Spanish version of the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+)

Authors

  • Juliano Schwartz 1. Physical Activity Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 2. CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, Caixa Postal 250, Brasília–DF 70040-020, Brazil
  • Sebastià Mas-Alòs National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia, Lleida Campus, University of Lleida, Spain
  • Monica Yuri Takito Department of Pedagogy of the Human Body Movement, School of Physical Education and Sport - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Jesus Martinez Estadio Español Las Condes, Chile
  • María Esther Álvarez Cueto Sports Medicine Physician, Medical Chief in Centro Médico Patronato Deportivo Municipal de Gijón, Principado de Asturias, Spain
  • Martín S. Rubio Mibelli Sports Medicine Physician, Instituto Universitario de la Asociación Cristiana de Jóvenes, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Jennifer Nagtegaal Hispanic Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  • Joyce Lubert Hispanic Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  • Diogo Rodrigues Bezerra Universidad Manuela Beltran, Bogota, Colombia
  • Shannon S.D. Bredin Laboratory for Knowledge Mobilization, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
  • Darren E. R. Warburton Physical Activity Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Unit, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14288/hfjc.v12i4.291

Abstract

Researchers from different countries worked in partnership with the PAR-Q+ Collaboration to translate and adapt the questionnaire into Spanish. Initially two independent translations were created, then a common initial version was produced. After two independent back translations of this first document, the team of experts established the official Spanish version. A total of 177 volunteers answered this version twice, one to two weeks apart. This translated version had a very good consistency (Cronbach’s a = 0.995; p < 0.01) and for 98% of the questions an agreement almost perfect between the two times the questionnaire was answered (

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Published

2019-12-30

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Schwartz, J., Mas-Alòs, S., Yuri Takito, M., Martinez, J., Álvarez Cueto, M. E., Rubio Mibelli, M. S., Nagtegaal, J., Lubert, J., Rodrigues Bezerra, D., S.D. Bredin, S., & E. R. Warburton, D. (2019). Cross-cultural translation, adaptation, and reliability of the Spanish version of the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire for Everyone (PAR-Q+). The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, 12(4), 3–14. https://doi.org/10.14288/hfjc.v12i4.291

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