PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY IN THE 5-CITY PROJECT
PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY IN THE 5-CITY PROJECT
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113987
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
5
通讯作者:
PAFFENBARGER, RS
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作者:
SALLIS, JF;HASKELL, WL;PAFFENBARGER, RS
Previous measures of physical activity for epidemiologic studies were considered inadequate to meet the needs of a community-based health education trial. New methods of quantifying the physical activity habits of communities were developed which were practical for large health surveys, provided information on the distribution of activity habits in the population, detected changes in activity over time and can be compared with other epidemiologic studies of physical activity. Independent self-reports of vigorous activity (at least 6 metabolic equivalents (MET)), moderate activity (3-5 MET) and total energy expenditure (kilocalories/day) were described, and the physical activity practices of samples of California [USA] cities were presented. Relationships between physical activity measures and age, education, occupation, ethnicity, marital status and body mass index were analyzed, and the reliabilities of the 3 activity indices were reported. The new assessment procedure was contrasted with 9 other measures of physical activity used in community surveys.