Beagle, Alexander J Tison, Geoffrey H Aschbacher, Kirstin Olgin, Jeffrey E Marcus, Gregory M Pletcher, Mark J
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JMIR mHealth and uHealth
Background Commercially acquired wearable activity trackers such as the Fitbit provide objective, accurate measurements of physically active time and step counts, but it is unclear whether these measurements are more clinically meaningful than self-reported physical activity. Objective The aim of this study was to compare self-reported physical act...
Ubara, Ayaka Sumi, Yukiyoshi Ito, Kazuki Matsuda, Arichika Matsuo, Masahiro Miyamoto, Towa Kadotani, Hiroshi
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
We aimed to analyze (a) the changes in depression, sleepiness, insomnia, and sleep habits in relation to the degree of self-isolation and (b) the effects of changes in sleep habits and social interactions on depression, insomnia, and sleepiness during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. We enrolled 164 patients who visited the sleep o...
Hensman, Marianne Motl, Robert W Pilutti, Lara A Fenton, Sally A M Duda, Joan L Douglas, Michael Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Jet J C S
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Disability and rehabilitation
Background: People with multiple sclerosis are at risk of developing co-morbidities associated with sedentary behaviour. Despite an increase in studies examining sedentary behaviour in multiple sclerosis, researchers have not yet examined the appropriateness of the content or format of questionnaires assessing sedentary behaviour in multiple sclero...
Asl, Esmaeil Mousavi Khanjani, Sajjad Mahaki, Behzad Mohammadian, Youkhabeh
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Journal of Education and Health Promotion
BACKGROUND: Disordered eating attitude may lead to full-blown eating disorders. Recent longitudinal studies show that disordered eating attitudes either remain stable or even increase from childhood to adulthood. The current study was done to determine the psychometric properties of the Eating Attitudes Test-8 (EAT-8) and introduce the suitable mea...
Bakker, Bert N Schumacher, Gijs Homan, Maaike D
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Politics and the life sciences : the journal of the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences
In the political domain, disgust is primarily portrayed as an emotion that explains individual differences in pathogen avoidance. We hypothesized that political rhetoric accusing opponents of moral transgressions also elicits disgust responses. In this registered report, we present the results from a laboratory experiment. We find that participants...
Venetsanou, Fotini Emmanouilidou, Kyriaki Soutos, Konstantinos Sotiriou, Sofoklis A. Bastida, Leire Moya, Ana Kambas, Antonis
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Considering the need for functional physical activity (PA) measures in PA settings, this study sought to determine the technical adequacy of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children (PAQ-C) and the Fitbit Flex-2, two instruments with promising features for wide use, using the Actigraph GT3X+ accelerometer as the criterion reference. A...
Suh, Seung Wan Han, Ji Won Han, Ji Hyun Bae, Jong Bin Moon, Woori Kim, Hye Sung Oh, Dae Jong Kwak, Kyung Phil Kim, Bong Jo Kim, Shin Gyeom
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Aging
Subjective age-associated changes in sleep (AACS) and sex differences in AACS have never been prospectively investigated in elderly populations. We compared the AACS every 2 years over a total of 6 years between 4,686 community-dwelling healthy men and women aged 60 years or older who participated in the Korean Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Aging...
Koebnick, Corinna Saksvig, Brit Li, Xia Sidell, Margo Wu, Tong Tong Young, Deborah R.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Background: Research studies often rely on self-reported weight to calculate body mass index. The present study investigated how the accuracy of self-reported body weight in adolescent girls is affected by overweight/obesity, race/ethnicity, and mental health factors. Methods: In a cohort of girls who participated in the Trial of Activity for Adole...
Li, Hong-Lan Fang, Jie Zhao, Long-Gang Liu, Da-Ke Wang, Jing Han, Li-Hua Xiang, Yong-Bing
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Journal of epidemiology
The objective was to evaluate the effects of personal characteristics on the validation of self-reported type 2 diabetes among Chinese adults in urban Shanghai. During 2015 to 2016, 4,322 participants were recruited in this validation study. We considered the criteria of diabetes verification to use the laboratory assays of fasting plasma glucose (...
Testa, Maria Wang, Weijun Derrick, Jaye L Crane, Cory Leonard, Kenneth E Collins, R Lorraine Hanny, Courtney Muraven, Mark
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Aggressive behavior
Intimate relationship functioning depends upon the ability to accommodate one's partner and to inhibit retaliatory and aggressive impulses when disagreements arise. However, accommodation and inhibition may be difficult when self-control strength is weak or depleted by prior exertion of self-control. The present study considered whether state self-...
