Validation Studies of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Elderly Japanese (PAQ-EJ)

Yasunaga et al. 2007

See reference #114

Methods

PAQ-EJ scores for categories of activity compared to averaged accelerometer data collected for 1 month (Pearson correlation)

Sample

61 men age 72.8 ±3.9 years and 86 women age 72.8 ±4.6 years

Summary Results

	Accelerometer (steps/day)
PAQ-EJ-(MET/hr/week)
Total score	.408 (p<.001)
Lower-intensity categories	.278 (p<.001)
Higher intensity categories	.526 (p<.001)