Development of a Scottish physical activity questionnaire: a tool for use in physical activity interventions
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Development of a Scottish physical activity questionnaire: a tool for use in physical activity interventions.
OBJECTIVES Three studies were undertaken to establish the reliability and validity of the Scottish physical activity questionnaire (SPAQ), developed to aid seven day recall of leisure and occupational physical activity. METHODS To establish reliability, SPAQs (n = 34) were completed on a Monday and the following Wednesday. Thus each questionnaire measured four identical days. To establish con...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Sports Medicine
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0306-3674
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.33.4.244