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How many days of pedometer monitoring predict weekly physical activity in adults?
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Background The study purpose was to establish the number (and type) of days needed to estimate mean pedometer-determined steps/day in a field setting.Methods Seven days of data were collected from 90 participants (33 males, age = 49.1 +/- 16.2 years, BMI = 27.2 +/- 4.1 kg/m(2); 57 females, age = 44.8 +/- 16.9 years, BMI = 27.0 +/- 5.9 kg/m(2)). Mean steps/day were computed for all 7 days (the criterion), each single day, and combinations of days. Analyses included repeated measures ANOVA, intra-class correlations (ICC), and regression.Results There was a significant difference (P < 0.001) between days. The difference was limited to Sunday and accounted for 5% of the variance. ICC analyses indicated a minimum of 3 days is necessary to achieve a reliability of 0.80. The adjusted R(2) was 0.79 for a single day (specifically Wednesday), 0.89 for 2 days (Wednesday, Thursday), and 0.94 for 3 days (Wednesday, Thursday, Friday). Sunday was the last day to enter the model.Conclusions Although there is a statistical difference between days, there is little practical difference, and the primary distinction appears limited to Sunday. Although a single day of collection is not acceptable, any 3 days can provide a sufficient estimate.
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“This missingness seems acceptable in comparison with prior studies which considered data to be valid if activity was captured on at least 3 out of 7 days (that is, up to 57% missing data)18.”
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- Authors
- TUDORLOCKE, C., BURKETT, L., REIS, J., AINSWORTH, B., MACERA, C., & WILSON, D.
- Affiliations
- Arizona State University (US)
- San Diego State University (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- ORCID
- WILSON, D
- Venue
- Preventive Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2005-03
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 293-298
- ISSN
- 0091-7435 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2039648153
- Cited by
- 479
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 6.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Preventive Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of South Carolina
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Keywords
- pedometer monitoring, daily step count, physical activity estimation, measurement reliability, intra-class correlation, weekly physical activity, adults
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Monitoring, Physiologic, Motor Activity, Predictive Value of Tests, Reference Standards, Regression Analysis, Time Factors, Reproducibility of Results, Walking
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