Patient-reported physical activity questionnaires: A systematic review of content and format

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 10, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Williams, Kate ^a   Frei, Anja ^b   Vetsch, Anders ^b   Dobbels, Fabienne ^c   Puhan, Milo A ^b,d   Rüdell, Katja ^a  

^a PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Patient reported outcome questionnaires; Physical activity; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; HEALTH PROMOTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84857937552     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-10-28     Document Type: Article

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