Validity, reliability, and readability of single-item and short physical activity questionnaires for use in surveillance: A systematic review

Antonina Tcymbal; Sven Messing; Rachel Mait; Roberto Galindo Perez; Taiyeba Akter; Ivo Rakovac; Peter Gelius; Karim Abu-Omar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0300003

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Validity, reliability, and readability of single-item and short physical activity questionnaires for use in surveillance: A systematic review

Antonina Tcymbal ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: antonina.tcymbal@fau.de

Affiliation Department of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3164-1084

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Sven Messing,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9645-4079

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Rachel Mait,

Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Roberto Galindo Perez,

Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Taiyeba Akter,

Roles Data curation, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Ivo Rakovac,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Peter Gelius,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Sport Sciences, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Karim Abu-Omar

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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Validity, reliability, and readability of single-item and short physical activity questionnaires for use in surveillance: A systematic review

Antonina Tcymbal,
Sven Messing,
Rachel Mait,
Roberto Galindo Perez,
Taiyeba Akter,
Ivo Rakovac,
Peter Gelius,
Karim Abu-Omar

Published: March 12, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300003

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