Table 1 The evidence on physical activity in Arab Countries: studies, sample sizes and instruments

Algeria

4

2 [116, 117]

4102 – 4532

1 [118]

1 [15]

293 – 4698^d

-

Locally Validated Questionnaire [15]

Bahrain

4

1 [119]

1769

4 [82, 120,121,122]

0

142 – 2013

1 [122]

WHO Heart and Health Questionnaire [120]

Comoros

3

1 [123]

5556

0

2 [12, 13]

1492 – 212021^d

-

IPAQ [12, 13]

Djibouti

1^e

1 [124]

1777

0

1 [11, 58]

829 – 882

1 [58]

PACE+ [11, 58]

Egypt

12^e

2 [125, 126]

2568 – 5300

7 [34, 46, 74, 127,128,129,130]

4 [11, 21, 58, 131, 132]

188 – 3271

1 [58]

IPAQ [131] PACE+ [11, 58]

Iraq

3

2 [133, 134]

2038 – 4120

1 [135]

0

200

-

-

Jordan

15^e

2 [136, 137]

2197 – 3654

12 [61, 64, 70, 72, 80, 81, 138,39,40,41,42,143]

2 [11, 15, 58]

209 – 8791

3 [58, 138, 141]

PACE+ [11, 58] ATLS [140]

Locally Validated Questionnaire [15]

KSA

48

1 [144]

3547

46 [19, 20, 24,25,26,27, 36, 38, 41, 42, 44, 48, 51,52,53,54, 65, 66, 68, 69, 73, 93, 96, 98, 99, 103, 107, 145,146,147,148,149,150,151,152,153,154,155,156,157,158,159,160,161,162,163,164,165,166,167]

1 [12]

30 – 197681

3 [38, 157, 167]

ATLS [24, 42, 66, 98, 99, 167]

Barriers to Being Active Quiz: CDC website [44]

CDC Adolescent Health Survey [27]

Electronic Pedometer [19, 20]

GPAQ [36, 54, 107, 150]

IPAQ [12, 26, 69, 93, 157] KPAS [25]

WHO stepwise questionnaire [166]

YRBSS and GSHS Questionnaires [167]

Kuwait

15

2 [94, 168]

2280 – 3637

12 [37, 49, 79, 97, 169,170,171,172,173,174,175,176,177]

1 [15]

224 – 38611

3 [169,170,171]

The Exercise Pattern Questionnaire [172]

Locally Validated Questionnaire [15]

Lebanon

13^e

2 [178, 179]

1982 – 2286

13 [22, 29, 30, 35, 57, 59, 63, 114, 180,181,182,183,184,185,186]

0

83 – 2608

5 [35, 181, 182, 185, 186]

IPAQ: 2 used a shorter version [35, 181, 182]

Self-reported Weekly Activity Checklist [59]

Libya

5^e

2 [187, 188]

2242 – 3590

2 [56, 189]

2 [11, 15, 58]

383 – 1300

1 [58]

Locally Validated Questionnaire [15]

Mauritania

4

2 [190, 191]

2063 – 2600

0

2 [12, 13]

2726 – 212021^f

-

IPAQ [12, 13]

Morocco

6^e

1 [192]

2924

5 [38, 61, 62, 75, 84, 85, 105, 193]

1 [11, 58]

239 – 2891

1 [58]

IPAQ [39]

PACE+ [11, 58]

Oman

7^e

2 [94, 194]

1373 –3468

5 [33, 71, 195,196,197]

2 [11, 58, 198]

10 – 5409

2 [58, 195]

GPAQ [33] GSHS Questionnaire [197]

IPAQ [196] LASA Physical Activity Questionnaire [197]

PACE+ [11, 58]

WHO Health Behavior in School Children [196]

Palestine

11

2 [126, 199, 200]

1908 – 6957

8 [55, 77, 86, 100, 201,202,203,204]

1 [15]

16 – 8885

1 [202]

MESA [204]

Locally Validated Questionnaire [15]

Qatar

10^e

2 [205, 206]

2021 – 2496

9 [23, 40, 207,208,209,210,211,212,213,214]

0

340 – 2467

1 [214]

GPAQ [214]

Somalia

1

0

-

1 [215]

0

173

-

-

Sudan

3

2 [216, 217]

1573 – 2211

1 [218]

0

1200

-

-

Syria

4

1 [219]

3102

2 [92, 220, 221]

1 [15]

1168-2037

-

Locally Validated Questionnaire [15]

Tunisia

12^e

1 [222]

2870

9 [31, 32, 43, 76, 223,224,225,226,227,228]

4 [11,12,13, 58, 131]

10 – 17789

2 [43, 223]

IPAQ [12, 13, 228], (including 1 short version) PACE+ [11]

Locally Validated questionnaire [31, 43, 223, 224]

UAE

15^e

1 [229]

2581

11 [28, 45, 47, 67, 78, 83, 96, 230,231,232,233]

4 [11,12,13, 15, 58]

20 – 9918

1 [58]

Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile [47]

IPAQ: 3 used shorter version [12, 13, 78, 83]

PACE+ [11, 58]

Locally Validated Questionnaire [15]

Yemen

1^e

1 [234]

1175

0

1 [11]

568

1 [11]

PACE+ [11]