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Chapter 11, Advantages - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 11
SOFIT
Used during structured fitness, PE or sport classes
SOPRAC
Used for assesing park and recreation areas including the park users
SOPLAY
Used during play and leisure
Measures of Physical Activity
Subjective
Self-report
Proxy-report
Recall instruments
International Physical Activity Questionaire
Global Physical Activity Questionaire
Diaries
Objective
Direct observation
Advantages
Captures quantitative and qualitative
Useful in a variety of community and school based settings
Computer software makes data collection and analysis easy
Disadvantages
Difficult in large populations
Intrusive
High labour and time consuming
Only allows specific physical activity behaviours to be observed
Accelerometer
Advantages
Small light weight, non-invasive
They assess dimensions of intensity, frequency and duration
Record movement in real time
Disadvantages
Expensive
Not sensitive to low-impact physical activites
They potenially alter physical acitvity behaviour and patterns
Pedometer
Advantages
Inexpensive
Small, lightweight, non-invasive
Easy to admisiter to large groups
Disadvantages
Assess only one type of Physical Activity
Cannot record and sore data in real time
Unable to record the magnitude of movement deteced
Advantages
Disadvantages
Not suitable for children under 10 or very old adults
Reliabilty and validity due to pressure from over reporting, memory limiations or misinterpretation
Interview may be needed to obtain data
Can Capture both quantitative and qualitative information
Can be administered quickly and easily
Cost-effective for large-scale studies
Usually low burden on participants
Subjective Methods