Criterion-related validity of the last 7-day, short form of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in Swedish adults

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 258-265

  Ekelund, Ulf ^a,b   Sepp, Hanna ^c   Brage, Sören ^a   Becker, Wulf ^c   Jakes, Rupert ^a   Hennings, Mark ^d   Wareham, Nicholas J ^a  

^a MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^d SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerometry; Energy expenditure; MET min; Physical activity; Self report; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

EID: 33646490714     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005840     Document Type: Article

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