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Improving Self-Reports of Active and Sedentary Behaviors in Large Epidemiologic Studies
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In Brief 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. We present three options for improving self-report measures of physically active and sedentary behaviors in large-scale epidemiologic studies.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Matthews, C. E., Moore, S. C., George, S. M., Sampson, J., & Bowles, H. R.
- Affiliations
- National Cancer Institute (US)
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics (US)
- Corresponding author
- Matthews, Charles E.
- Venue
- Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 118-126
- ISSN
- 0091-6331 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3388604
- OpenAlex
- W2117795605
- Cited by
- 211
- References
- 45
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- FWCI
- 1.85
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (Z99 CA999999)
- National Cancer Institute (Y99 CA999999)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
- Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Statistics and Probability › Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Keywords
- physical activity measurement, sedentary behavior, self-report questionnaire, measurement error, questionnaire design
- MeSH terms
- Cognition, Humans, Mental Recall, Exercise, Epidemiologic Studies, Sedentary Behavior, Self Report
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