A brief questionnaire is able to measure population physical activity levels accurately: A comparative validation study

Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 83-87

  Webster, Stephanie ^a   Khan, Asad ^a   Nitz, Jennifer Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Physical activity level; Questionnaires; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITY PROFILE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; MARRIAGE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRATIC WEIGHTED KAPPA; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SPEARMAN RHO; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 80053568704     PISSN: 22108335     EISSN: 22108343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcgg.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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