Validation of the WHI Brief Physical Activity Questionnaire among Women Diagnosed with Breast Cancer
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15330320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marilyn Johnson-Kozlow, Cheryl L Rock (0000-0002-6661-7391, General Department of Preventive Medicine), Elizabeth A Gilpin (General Department of Preventive Medicine), Kathryn Hollenbach (0000-0001-9719-0397, General Department of Preventive Medicine), Kathryn A Hollenbach, John P Pierce (0000-0002-0075-7471, General Department of Preventive Medicine, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 193-202 |
| Publication date | 2007-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Health Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1087-3244 • E-ISSN: 1945-7359 |
| Publisher | PNG Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.5993/ajhb.31.2.8 |
| OpenAlex | W4244659827 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
ObjectiveTo investigate the psychometric properties of the physical activity (PA) measure of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI).MethodsWomen diagnosed with breast cancer and enrolled in the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study (average age 55 years) wore an accelerometer for 1 week and completed the 7-day Physical Activity Recall (PAR) and brief WHI measure.ResultsBoth self-reports correlated 0.73 with the accelerometer and had 100% sensitivity for meeting the current PA guideline, but specificity was significantly higher for the PAR.ConclusionsThe WHI measure had comparable validity, sensitivity, and measurement bias compared to the widely accepted PAR
Breast cancer · Cancer · Family medicine · Gynecology · Obstetrics · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Cancer survivorship and care · Clinical Psychology · Health and Wellbeing Research · Medicine · Psychology · Internal Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2016 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |