Assessing physical activity in people with mental illness: 23-country reliability and validity of the simple physical activity questionnaire (SIMPAQ)

Abstract Background Physical inactivity is a key contributor to the global burden of disease and disproportionately impacts the wellbeing of people experiencing mental illness. Increases in physical activity are associated with improvements in symptoms of mental illness and reduction in cardiometabo...

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Main Authors: S. Rosenbaum, R. Morell, A. Abdel-Baki, M. Ahmadpanah, T. V. Anilkumar, L. Baie, A. Bauman, S. Bender, J. Boyan Han, S. Brand, S. Bratland-Sanda, J. Bueno-Antequera, A. Camaz Deslandes, L. Carneiro, A. Carraro, C. P. Castañeda, F. Castro Monteiro, J. Chapman, J. Y. Chau, L. J. Chen, B. Chvatalova, L. Chwastiak, G. Corretti, M. Dillon, C. Douglas, S. T. Egger, F. Gaughran, M. Gerber, E. Gobbi, K. Gould, M. Hatzinger, E. Holsboer-Trachsler, Z. Hoodbhoy, C. Imboden, P. S. Indu, R. Iqbal, F. R. Jesus-Moraleida, S. Kondo, P. W. Ku, O. Lederman, E. H. M. Lee, B. Malchow, E. Matthews, P. Mazur, A. Meneghelli, A. Mian, B. Morseth, D. Munguia-Izquierdo, L. Nyboe, B. O’Donoghue, A. Perram, J. Richards, A. J. Romain, M. Romaniuk, D. Sadeghi Bahmani, M. Sarno, F. Schuch, N. Schweinfurth, B. Stubbs, R. Uwakwe, T. Van Damme, E. Van Der Stouwe, D. Vancampfort, S. Vetter, A. Waterreus, P. B. Ward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-03-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-020-2473-0