Internal consistency of the CHAMPS physical activity questionnaire for Spanish speaking older adults

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 224-228

  Rosario, M ^a   Vazquez J ^b   Cruz, W ^c   Ortiz, Alexis ^d,e  

^a San Juan Bautista Medical Center   (Puerto Rico)

^b Home Health and Hospice San Lucas ^*

^c University of Puerto Rico   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO RIO PIEDRAS   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Geriatric patients; Reliability; Seniors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 58149132333     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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