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Validity of international PAQs varies among countries. Therefore, it is important to know the validity of the national versions of the PAQs to properly evaluate the results. We conducted a validation study of the Slovenian versions of the International PAQ Short Form (IPAQ-SF), the Global PAQ (GPAQ), and the PAQ used in the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS-PAQ) on 306 healthy adults. The most valid and reliable constructs in all tested were sedentary behavior and vigorous PA (VPA), however the criterion validity of these constructs was low (Spearman\u2019s \u03c1 0.38\u20130.45 for sedentary behavior and 0.34\u20130.42 for VPA). Moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) had low validity (0.26\u20130.29) despite being used as a standard measure of PA behavior. Participants over-reported MVPA for 17 to 156 min and underreported the sedentary behavior for more than two hours. The test-retest study found high reliability for sedentary behavior (0.69\u20130.81) and low to moderate reliability for PA behavior (0.42\u20130.76). The Slovenian versions of the observed PAQs are a useful tool for national PA surveillance, but for qualitative assessment of individual health-related PA behavior they should be combined with accelerometer-based devices.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph19010430","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,3]],"date-time":"2022-01-03T20:49:38Z","timestamp":1641242978000},"page":"430","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Reliability and Validity of Slovenian Versions of IPAQ-SF, GPAQ, and EHIS-PAQ for Assessing Physical Activity and Sedentarism of Adults"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2044-1255","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kaja","family":"Meh","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7343-8626","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vedrana","family":"Sember","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia"}]},{"given":"Sa\u0161a","family":"\u0110uri\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Liberal Arts Department, General Education, American University of the Middle East, Egaila 54200, Kuwait"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7537-2501","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Henri","family":"V\u00e4h\u00e4-Ypy\u00e4","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UKK-Institute, 33500 Tampere, Finland"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8971-5501","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulo","family":"Rocha","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth, 1250-190 Lisbon, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Gregor","family":"Jurak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,12,31]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"485","DOI":"10.1093\/pubmed\/fdx134","article-title":"Joint effect of physical activity and sedentary behaviour on cardiovascular risk factors in Chilean adults","volume":"40","author":"Steell","year":"2018","journal-title":"J. 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