Current Evidence of Measurement Properties of Physical Activity Questionnaires for Older Adults: An Updated Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Questionnaires provide valuable information about physical activity (PA) behaviors in older adults. Until now, no firm recommendations for the most qualified questionnaires for older adults have been provided.

Objectives

This review is an update of a previous systematic review, published in 2010, and aims to summarize, appraise and compare the measurement properties of all available self-administered questionnaires assessing PA in older adults.

Methods

We included the articles evaluated in the previous review and conducted a new search in PubMed, Embase, and SPORTDiscus from September 2008 to December 2019, using the following inclusion criteria (1) the purpose of the study was to evaluate at least one measurement property (reliability, measurement error, h

SUBMITTER: Sattler MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7305082 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature