Thai diabetes prevention education program: development and validation of the Thai physical activity questionnaire for at-risk people

• Published in: Journal of public health Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 659 - 667
• Main Authors: Chirdkiatisak, Maenum, Sranacharoenpong, Kitti, Churak, Piyanit, Praditsorn, Panrawee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2019; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accelerometers; Communities; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes mellitus (non-insulin dependent); Epidemiology; Exercise; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Occupations; Original Article; Physical activity; Public Health; Reliability analysis; Risk; Statistical tests; Validity; Diabetes prevention program; Obesity; Thailand; Physical activity questionnaire
• ISSN: 2198-1833; 1613-2238
• DOI: 10.1007/s10389-018-0989-2

Aim This study aimed to develop and validate the Thai physical activity questionnaire (Thai-PAQ) for Thai people at risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D). Subjects and methods After development and validation of the questionnaire, 95 people at risk for T2D were recruited. The Thai-PAQ was developed based o...