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Use of physical activity questionnaires in people with dementia: a scoping review

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posted on 2023-06-09, 14:51 authored by Nicolas Farina, Laura Hughes, Amber Watts, Ruth Lowry
Physical activity questionnaires are an important means to assess habitual physical activity. It remains unclear what questionnaires are used and whether they are appropriate for people with dementia who have impaired information recall but are also often largely sedentary. This scoping review aimed to identify and quantify the use of physical activity questionnaires within a dementia population. Eighteen studies met the inclusion criteria for this review. The majority of studies used questionnaires that were validated for use within an older adult population (e.g., Modified Baecke Questionnaire for the Elderly), though none had specifically been validated for use in people with dementia. Interestingly, just over half of studies (N= 10, 55.6%) adapted the questionnaires from the original validated version by allowing a proxy to provide input into the responses. Future research needs to robustly validate the use of proxy-report measures of physical activity in people with dementia.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

ISSN

1063-8652

Publisher

Human Kinetics

Issue

3

Volume

27

Page range

413-421

Department affiliated with

  • BSMS Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2018-08-30

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-10-10

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2018-08-29

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