Single-item and multiple-item measures of adherence to public health behavior guidelines were incongruent

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-84

  van Keulen, Hilde M ^a   Mesters, Ilse ^a   van Mechelen, Willem ^b   de Vries, Hein ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise; Fruit; Guideline adherence; Middle aged; Questionnaires; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; VARIANCE; VEGETABLE;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; VEGETABLES;

EID: 70849087055     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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