Improving self-reports of active and sedentary behaviors in large epidemiologic studies.

Stephanie M George, Steven C Moore, Heather R Bowles, Joshua Sampson, Charles E Matthews

Journal: Exercise and sport sciences reviews 2012;40(3):118-26

PMID: 22653275

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Abstract

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.

Address: Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892-7335, USA. [email protected]

DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e31825b34a0

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MeSH Terms: Cognition, Epidemiologic Studies, Exercise, Humans, Mental Recall, Sedentary Behavior, Self Report