What do pedometer counts represent? A comparison between pedometer data and data from four different questionnaires
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Article Title | What do pedometer counts represent? A comparison between pedometer data and data from four different questionnaires |
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ERA Journal ID | 13768 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | De Cocker, Katrien A. (Author), De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse M. (Author) and Cardon, Greet M. (Author) |
Journal Title | Public Health Nutrition |
Journal Citation | 12 (1), pp. 74-81 |
Number of Pages | 8 |
Year | 2008 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 1368-9800 |
1475-2727 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1017/s1368980008001973 |
Web Address (URL) | https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/537b/bb88a28ea40d30219ffbf0c257ee03f36101.pdf |
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. |
Keywords | sedentary behaviour; physical activity; step counter; community intervention |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified |
420799. Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Ghent University, Belgium |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q561z/what-do-pedometer-counts-represent-a-comparison-between-pedometer-data-and-data-from-four-different-questionnaires
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