Addressing overreporting on the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) telephone survey with a population sample

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 299-305

  Rzewnicki, Randy ^a   Vanden Auweele, Yves ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

IPAQ; Overreporting; Physical activity monitoring; Telephone survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TELEPHONE; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; TELEPHONE;

EID: 0037980413     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002427     Document Type: Article

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