Self-reported adherence to physical activity recommendations compared to the IPAQ interview in patients with hypertension

Figures & data

Table 1 Clinical characteristics according to self-reported adherence to the medical recommendation to engage in Pas

Characteristics	Overall sample (n=127)	PA adherence (n=69)	No PA adherence (n=58)	P-value
Women	81 (63.8%)	42 (60.3%)	39 (66.7%)	0.29
Age (years)	67.6±9.5	67.3±8.5	67.7±10.3	0.98
Education (years)	7.0±3.1	6.9±2.9	7.2±3.3	0.57
Antihypertensives (n)	3.5±1.3	3.69±1.3	3.4±1.3	0.84
BMI (kg/m^2)	30.2±5.3	29.2±5.2	31.0±5.3	0.75
BP controlled	56 (44.1%)	29 (41.4%)	27 (46.4%)	0.35
SBP (mmHg)	144.9±24.43	145.9±24.29	142.5±24.9	0.71
DBP (mmHg)	82±12.8	82.3±13.12	81.1±12.10	0.59
Follow-up (years)	12±5	12.7±5.2	11.7±4.8	0.25
IPAQ (minutes/week)a	120 (45–294)	195 (87–341)	70 (30–247)	<0.001

Notes: Mean ± SD.

a Median (p25–p75).

Abbreviations: PA, physical activity; BMI, body mass index; BP, blood pressure; IPAQ, International Physical Activity Questionnaire.

Table 2 Agreement between self-reported physical activity adherence and IPAQ interview

IPAQ domains	Kappa (95% CI)	<150 minutes/week + no adherence N (%)	.150 minutes/week + adherence N (%)
Work	−0.00 (−0.10 to 0.09)	64 (50.4)	4 (3.1)
TR	0.20 (0.06 to 0.35)	61 (48)	18 (14.2)
House	0.11 (−0.06 to 0.28)	42 (33.1)	29 (22.8)
Leisure time	0.15 (0.05 to 0.24)	69 (54.3)	8 (6.3)
TR + LT	0.35 (0.19 to 0.50)	60 (47.2)	27 (21.3)
Overall	0.22 (0.06 to 0.37)	32 (25.2)	44 (34.6)
Sitting time (>4 hours)	0.18 (0.03 to 0.32)	35 (27.6)	36 (28.4)

Abbreviations: IPAQ, International Physical Activity Questionnaire; TR, transport-related; LT, leisure time.

Figure 1 Number of cases for PA adherence, blood pressure control, and sitting time according to IPAQ classification.

Abbreviations: IPAQ, International Physical Activity Questionnaire; PA, physical activity.