Exercise Behaviors

During the past week (even if it was not a typical week for you), how much total time (for the entire week) did you spend on each of the following? (Please circle one number for each question)

How much time during the past week...        None       
 Less than 30 minutes/week 30-60 minutes/week 1-3 hours/week More than 3 hours/week
1.   Stretching or strengthening exercises (range of motion, weights, etc.)
0
1
2
3
4
2.   Walk for exercise
0
1
2
3
4
3.   Swimming or aquatic exercise
0
1
2
3
4
4.   Bicycling (including stationary exercise bikes)
0
1
2
3
4
5. Other aerobic exercise equipment (Stairmaster, rowing, skiing machine, etc.)
0
1
2
3
4
6. Other aerobic exercise (specify:_______)
0
1
2
3
4

Scoring

Code each item as the number circled, then covert as follows. If two consecutive numbers are circled, code the lower number (less exercise). If two non-consecutive numbers are circled, do not score the item. For "Other aerobic", try to fit the type of exercise into the existing aerobic categories (i.e., treadmill as "other aerobic equipment), otherwise leave as "other aerobic" (i.e., "dancing"). However, if exercise that is not aerobic, such as yoga or weight training, do not score as aerobic. Yoga, weight training, tai chi, etc., should be scored as "stretching or strengthening".

Each category is converted to the number of minutes below. Time spent in stretching or strengthening is the value for item 1. Time spent in aerobic exercise is the sum of the values for items 2 through 6.

None
Less than 30 minutes/week
30-60 minutes/week
1-3 hours/week
More that 3 hours/week
0
15
45
120
180

 

Characteristics

Stretching/strengthening (minutes/week) tested on 1,127 subjects with chronic disease. N=51 for test-retest

No. of
items
Observed
Range

Mean
Standard
Deviation
Internal Consistency
Reliability
Test-Retest
Reliability
1
0-180
40.1
54.8
—
.56

 

Aerobic exercise (minutes/week) tested on 1,130 subjects with chronic disease. N=51 for test-restest.

No. of
items
Observed
Range

Mean
Standard
Deviation
Internal Consistency
Reliability
Test-Retest
Reliability
5
0-540
90.6
90.9
—
.72


Source of Psychometric Data

Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management Study. Psychometrics reported in: Lorig K, Stewart A, Ritter P, González V, Laurent D, & Lynch J, Outcome Measures for Health Education and other Health Care Interventions. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, 1996, pp.25,37-38.

Comments

We have used this scale to measure both aerobic and a combination of stretching strengthening exercise for many years. This scale available in Spanish.

References

Lorig K, Stewart A, Ritter P, González V, Laurent D, & Lynch J, Outcome Measures for Health Education and other Health Care Interventions. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications, 1996, pp.25,37-38.

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