De Cocker, Katrien A. and De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse M. and Cardon, Greet M. (2008) What do pedometer counts represent? A comparison between pedometer data and data from four different questionnaires. Public Health Nutrition, 12 (1). pp. 74-81. ISSN 1368-9800
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Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To compare physical activity (PA) reported through pedometer registrations (step counts) with PA reported in four different questionnaires; to compare step count thresholds (7,500, 10,000 and 12,500 steps/d) with the PA guideline of 30 min of moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) per day. SUBJECTS: A sample of 310 healthy adults, mean age 38.7 (sd 11.9) years, volunteered to participate. Forty-seven per cent was male and 93 % of the sample was employed. METHODS: PA was assessed by interview (Minnesota Leisure Time Physical Activity Questionnaire (MLTPAQ)), three self-administered questionnaires (long version and short version of the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (long-form IPAQ, short-form IPAQ), Baecke questionnaire) and seven consecutive days of pedometer registration. RESULTS: Step counts correlated positively with questionnaire-based PA. The strongest correlations were found between step counts and total PA reported in the long-form IPAQ (rs = 0.37), moderate PA reported in the short-form IPAQ (rs = 0.33), total and moderate PA reported in the MLTPAQ (rs = 0.32), and the total and leisure-time PA indices (excluding sport) reported in the Baecke questionnaire (rs = 0.44). According to step counts, 22.6 % of the participants were somewhat active, 18.7 % active and 39.4 % highly active. As assessed by the long-form IPAQ, short-form IPAQ and MLTPAQ, the guideline of 30 min MVPA/d was reached by respectively 85.4 %, 84.8 % and 68.0 % of participants. CONCLUSION: Pedometer-based data offer adequate information to discriminate between levels of PA. Caution is needed when comparing active samples based on different PA recommendations.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Additional Information: | Published version made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | No Faculty |
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| Date Deposited: | 16 Oct 2019 00:37 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2019 02:26 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | sedentary behaviour; physical activity; step counter; community intervention |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1117 Public Health and Health Services > 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified 11 Medical and Health Sciences > 1106 Human Movement and Sports Science > 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified |
| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980008001973 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/37048 |
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