Permission was obtained by e-mail from Dr. Karageorghis, who developed the questionnaire to adapt the Brunel Lifestyle Physical Activity Questionnaire (BLPAQ) into Turkish. This study was approved by the Marmara University Faculty of Health Sciences Non-Invasive Clinical Studies Ethics Committee (Approval date and number: 28.01.2021/ 04). In addition, all authors complied with the ethical rules of the Declaration of Helsinki.
Translation And Cross-cultural Adaptation
Internationally accepted guidelines were used to translate the Brunel Lifestyle Physical Activity Questionnaire into Turkish and its cross-cultural adaptation (18,19). First, the questionnaire was translated from English to Turkish by two independent people whose mother tongue is Turkish and who know English well, and who are not familiar with the scale. The people who translated the questionnaire into Turkish came together and combined both translations into a single translation. Next, the Turkish version of the questionnaire was translated back into English by two native English speakers and fluent in Turkish. The two questionnaires translated from Turkish to English were synthesized and compared with the original, and converted into a single translation by the authors. In order to adapt the scale to Turkish and to evaluate its cultural adaptation, the English and Turkish texts were compared by a translation group consisting of physiotherapists and two sworn translators, inconsistent parts and meaning differences in the text were checked, and then the first draft of the Turkish version and the translated English version of the questionnaire was obtained. The questionnaire, which was translated back into English, was sent to the author who developed the questionnaire to determine whether there was a change in meaning. Approval was obtained from Dr. Karageorghis that the questionnaire was translated back into English and the original was equivalent. In order to determine the intelligibility of the questionnaire, a pilot study was conducted with randomly selected 30 Turkish-speaking participants.
Participants
Due to the pandemic conditions, the questionnaire was organized in a practical way on the online platform. The research was carried out to cover physiotherapists across Turkey using the Google form survey method. Volunteers aged 21-51 and above, who were actively working as a physiotherapist in the health institution, were native Turkish speakers, had at least one year of professional experience, were included in the study. Individuals with health problems that prevent physical activity (musculoskeletal disorder, neurological disorder, recent trauma, etc.), those who were not working actively or not being a physiotherapist, and those who did not speak Turkish were excluded from the study.
The survey was disseminated through the circulation of Google forms on private social networking media. In addition, a group e-mail from several universities, academic institutions and their interconnections was used to share survey links. When the participant opened the form, they were informed with the voluntary consent form, and then they filled in the questionnaire. Participants whose answer was "No" were completed before the questionnaire was opened (by ticking "Finish the Questionnaire"). Afterward, the participants filled sociodemographic information form, Brunel Lifestyle Physical Activity Questionnaire, and Short Form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire.
Google Forms filling was done from March 08, 2021, to March 29, 2021. BLPAQ was filled out again by 24 randomly selected participants 15 days after for test-retest reliability. Although the time to answer the questions varies according to each participant, the evaluations took 5-10 minutes on average. The responses were used directly for analysis, and revision of the responses was not allowed.
One of the methods used in calculating the sample size in scale adaptation studies is that the total number of participants should be at least 5-10 times the total number of questions [20, 21]. According to this rule, the data collection process was started to reach at least 70 people with seven times ten questions. A larger sample size was targeted to minimize possible losses during data collection.
Procedures
The sociodemographic form consisted of information about age, gender, in which health branch they worked, in which institution they worked (state, private hospital, university, etc.), professional experience, working hours were recorded. The Brunel Lifestyle Physical Activity Questionnaire (BLPAQ) and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF) were used to assess the physical activity levels of the participants.
The Brunel Lifestyle Physical Activity Questionnaire (Blpaq)
The Brunel Lifestyle Physical Activity Questionnaire was developed by Karageorghis et al. in 2005 at Brunel University School of Sport and Education (Brunel University, Uxbridge, West London, UK) [10]. The BLPAQ was designed in two parts to assess the planned physical activity (Part A-PPA) and unplanned physical activity (Part B-UPA) components of lifestyle physical activity. Part A: Planned Physical Activity (PPA); Any activity planned into your daily routine that can improve your health, fitness, or well-being ( for example, brisk walking, gardening, cycling, team games, etc.). Planned physical activity is a 6-item subsection that addresses the intensity, frequency, and duration of such activity (for example, "How many times do you engage in planned physical activity in a week?"). Part B: Unplanned Physical Activity (UPA); is a 3-item subsection that only addresses the intensity and duration of such activities (e.g., "How vigorously do you engage in these other forms of physical activity?"). The frequency of unplanned behavior is not evaluated because of its transient nature and difficulty obtaining valid measures. Items are graded using a 5-point continuous closed numerical scale for a routine week. Scoring the BLPAQ: (i) For a planned physical activity factor score, items 1-6 are added and divided by 6. (ii) For an unplanned physical activity factor score, the scores from items 7-9 are added and divided by 3. The BLPAQ is a published, valid, and reliable scale measuring planned and unplanned physical activity [10, 22, 23].
International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form
The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ-SF) is a standardized tool for measuring physical activity developed by researchers from various countries with support from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control [24]. The Turkish reliability and validity of the questionnaire were done by Sağlam et al. The IPAQ-SF consists of seven items and assesses vigorous physical activity (duration: minutes and frequency: days), moderate physical activity (duration: minutes and frequency: days), and walking time of at least 10 minutes (frequency: days) for the previous seven days. Vigorous and moderate activity and walking times are converted to metabolic equivalent (MET) corresponding to basal metabolic rate, and total physical activity score (MET-min/week) is calculated. Vigorous physical activity=8 METs for analysis of IPAQ-SF data; moderate physical activity=4 METs; Values such as walking=3.3 METs are used. The test-retest reliability coefficients of the Turkish IPAQ short and long forms were r = .69 and r = .64, respectively. Walking activity had better reliability coefficients than vigorous and moderate-intensity activities (r=0.67; r=0.50; r=0.64, respectively). The test-retest reliability of the sitting activity items of the Turkish IPAQ short form is acceptable (r = 0.78 95%CI: 0.71) (Sağlam et al., 2010).
Statistical Analysis
The data obtained in this study were analyzed with SPSS ( Statistical Package for Social Sciences) 18.0, IBM SPSS AMOS statistical package program. Number, percentage, mean and standard deviation were used in the descriptive statistics of the data. The results were evaluated within the 95% confidence interval, and p<0.05 was used as the significance level. Cronbach's alpha value and coefficient were used to determine the internal consistency of the scale. Cronbach's alpha value ranges from 0 to 1. If the alpha value is ≤0.40, the scale is not reliable. If it is between 0.4-0.6, the scale is considered low reliable; between 0.6-0.8, the scale is highly reliable, and between 0.8-1, the scale is considered highly reliable.[26]. The external construct validity and test-retest reliability of the scale were analyzed with the Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r). If the correlation coefficient is below 0.29, it is low; A correlation between 0.30 and 0.69 was considered moderate, and a correlation between 0.70 and 1.00 was considered high [27]. For the external construct validity of the scale, the relationship between the IPAQ-SF score and the PPA and UPA scores of the Brunel Lifestyle Physical Activity Questionnaire was examined. There was examined the correlation of the participant's first test and second test averages in test-retest reliability. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was used to examine the fit indices of the questionnaire in the internal validity of the scale. Multiple fit indices are used in CFA. In this study, as structural equation model, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA), Comparative Fit Index (CFI), Normed Fit Index (NFI), Goodness of Fit Index (GFI), and CMIN/DF values were used [28].