Evaluation of the Indian Migration Study Physical Activity Questionnaire (IMS-PAQ): A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sullivan, Ruth ^a   Kinra, Sanjay ^a   Ekelund, Ulf ^b   AV, Bharathi ^c   Vaz, Mario ^d   Kurpad, Anura ^d   Collier, Tim ^a   Reddy, K Srinath ^e   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^f   Ebrahim, Shah ^a,e   Kuper, Hannah ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIRA GANDHI NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^f CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

Author keywords

Activity domains; Adults; Health behaviour; Low middle income countries; Methodology; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; INDIAN MIGRATION STUDY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; MALE; MIGRATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PULSE RATE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VALIDITY; ACTIMETRY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; INDIA; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84856766868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-13     Document Type: Article

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