A short questionnaire for the measurement of habitual physical activity in epidemiological studies

JAH Baecke, J Burema, JER Frijters - The American journal of clinical …, 1982 - Elsevier
The construct validity and the test-retest reliability of a self-administered questionnaire about
habitual physical activity were investigated in young males (n= 139) and females (n= 167) in
three age groups (20 to 22, 25 to 27, and 30 to 32 yr) in a Dutch population. By principal
components analysis three conceptually meaningful factors were distinguished. They were
interpreted as: 1) physical activity at work; 2) sport during leisure time; and 3) physical
activity during leisure time excluding sport. Test-retest showed that the reliability of the three …