Improving Self-Reports of Active and Sedentary Behaviors in Large Epidemiologic Studies
- 1 July 2012
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
- Vol. 40 (3) , 118-126
Abstract
Questionnaires that assess active and sedentary behaviors in large-scale epidemiologic studies are known to contain substantial errors. We present three options for improving measures of physical activity behaviors in large-scale epidemiologic studies, discuss the problems and prospects for each of these options, and highlight a new direction for measuring these behaviors in such studies.Keywords
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