Validation of the SQUASH physical activity questionnaire using accelerometry: The NEO study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the construct validity of the SQUASH (Short QUestionnaire to ASsess Health-enhancing physical activity).

Design

This is a cross-sectional analysis using baseline measurements from middle-aged participants in the Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity (NEO) study. The SQUASH consists of questions on eleven physical activities investigating days per week, average duration per day and intensity, leading to a summed score in Metabolic Equivalent of Task hours (MET h) per week. To assess convergent validity, a Spearman's rank correlation between SQUASH and ActiHeart was calculated. To assess extreme group validity, three groups expected to differ in SQUASH total physical activity outcome were compared. For discriminative validity, a Spearman's rank correlati

SUBMITTER: Terpstra SES 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10992721 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature