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Physical activity assessment methodology in the Five-City Project.

J F Sallis, W L Haskell, P D Wood

    American Journal of Epidemiology
    |January 1, 1985
    PubMed
    Summary

    New methods for measuring physical activity in large populations were developed for health education trials. These practical tools assess vigorous activity, moderate activity, and energy expenditure, aiding epidemiologic studies.

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    Area of Science:

    • Epidemiology
    • Public Health
    • Health Education

    Background:

    • Existing physical activity measures were inadequate for community-based health education trials.
    • Need for practical, population-level physical activity assessment tools.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • Develop and validate new methods for quantifying community physical activity habits.
    • Provide tools for large health surveys, tracking changes, and inter-study comparisons.

    Main Methods:

    • Independent self-reports for vigorous activity (≥6 METs), moderate activity (3-5 METs), and total energy expenditure (kcal/day).
    • Application to samples of California cities.
    • Analysis of relationships between activity measures and demographic/anthropometric factors (age, education, occupation, ethnicity, marital status, BMI).

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  • Reliability assessment of the new activity indices.

    • Main Results:

    • Presentation of physical activity practices in California city samples.
    • Analysis of correlations between physical activity and various demographic/health factors.
    • Reported reliabilities for the three developed activity indices.

    Conclusions:

    • The new assessment procedures are practical for large-scale community surveys.
    • These methods offer improved quantification of physical activity for epidemiologic research.
    • The developed tools can detect changes in physical activity over time and facilitate comparisons across studies.