1990
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.13.4.401
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Development of Questionnaire to Examine Relationship of Physical Activity and Diabetes in Pima Indians

Abstract: There was a need to design a questionnaire that could accurately assess the activity patterns of Native Americans to evaluate the relationship between physical activity and diabetes. Such a questionnaire was developed and implemented into the data collection scheme of the prospective Pima Indian Study of Arizona. The questionnaire, which assesses historical, past-year, and past-week leisure and occupational activity, was examined in 29 Pima individuals aged 21-36 yr and was shown to be reliable with test-retes… Show more

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“…The FFQ and information on education, annual household income levels and smoking status were assessed by an interviewer-administered questionnaire. The average energy expenditure from leisure and occupational activities for the past month and past year were estimated using the Pima Indian Physical Activity Questionnaire (18), adapted to include activities unique to Hawaii customs. Metabolic equivalents (METS) were calculated using standardized estimates of energy expenditure as recommended by the American Colleges of Sports Medicine Compendium for Physical Activity (19).…”
Section: Study Population and Sampling Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The FFQ and information on education, annual household income levels and smoking status were assessed by an interviewer-administered questionnaire. The average energy expenditure from leisure and occupational activities for the past month and past year were estimated using the Pima Indian Physical Activity Questionnaire (18), adapted to include activities unique to Hawaii customs. Metabolic equivalents (METS) were calculated using standardized estimates of energy expenditure as recommended by the American Colleges of Sports Medicine Compendium for Physical Activity (19).…”
Section: Study Population and Sampling Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this context, the physical activity questionnaire was derived from the French translation (Deheeger et al, 1997) of the Modifiable Activity Questionnaire designed for adolescents by Kriska et al (1990) and adapted for children (Fontvieille, 1993). It asked for the usual amount of time spent taking part in several sports outside school in an ordinary week.…”
Section: Measurementsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Qualitative and quantitative information regarding recreational physical activity was estimated by the structured activity questionnaire of Kriska et al 13 in a subset of children (n ¼ 131) who had complete and valid scores. Interviewers read a comprehensive list of sports and activities and had subjects and their parents indicate how much time was spent on each extracurricular activity outside of school during the previous 12-month period.…”
Section: Physical Activitymentioning
confidence: 99%