Using a single question to assess physical activity in older adults: A reliability and validity study

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gill, Dawn P ^a   Jones, Gareth R ^b   Zou, Guangyong ^c,d   Speechley, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

assessment; older adults; Physical activity; reliability; self report; single item measure; validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857374766     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-12-2022373159     Document Type: Article

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