Revue critique des questionnaires d'activité physique administrés en population française et perspectives de développement

The objective of this literature review is to draw up an inventory of the physical activity measurement questionnaires available in French, to set out the characteristics and psychometric properties and to carry out a critical analysis with a view to making recommendations for future research or actions. The outcome was a list of ten questionnaires, which have been validated in French, including six originally drafted in French in France and four which were translated/adapted into French from an English-language questionnaire. Most of the questionnaires identified are used in research or within the framework of surveys designed to assess the level of the population's physical activity. The results show variable degrees of validity for the different questionnaires. There are therefore various areas of research possible within the field of physical activity measurement, in order to provide instruments suited to each potential user (general public, healthcare professionals or researchers) and different objectives.