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The vagaries of self-reports of physical activity
— a problem revisited and addressed in a study of exercise promotion in the over 65s in general practice | | Author(s) | J Sims, F Smith, A Duffy |
| Journal title | Family Practice, vol 16, no 2, 1999 |
| Pages | pp 152-157 |
| Keywords | Exercise ; General practice ; Screening ; Methodology. |
| Annotation | The assessment of levels of physical activity relies on suitable measurement tools. The authors investigated whether a practice nurse, using a motivational interview technique, could encourage older patients to increase their physical activity. Health and well-being were monitored at baseline and 8 weeks following intervention. Physical activity levels were ascertained using both a self-report measure and ambulatory heart-rate monitoring. Whilst patients reported higher levels of physical activity at follow-up, this finding was not confirmed by the heart-rate data. The study concludes that patients tend to overestimate the amount of physical activity undertaken, and that ambulatory heart-rate monitoring may be more useful for verifying actual behaviour. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000127225 A |
| Classmark | CEA: L5: 3V: 3D * |
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