Research Article

Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly: Translation, Cultural Adaptation, and Validation of the Italian Version

Table 1

Demographic characteristics for the 194 participants in the reliability study (PASE-I).

Sample = 96

Age Mean (SD)62.88 (7.16)

Gender men %50.5

Education (%)

Elementary school 4%
Middle school 12%
High school 36.4%
University 47.5%
4
12
36.5
47.5

Marital Status (%)

Married/Cohabitant
Single/Widow/Divorced
88.9
11.1

Cardio circulatory Disease (%)

Yes
No
18.2
81.8

Hypertension (%)

Yes
No
36.7
63.3

Neoplasms

Yes
No
4
96

Recent Recovery (last 3 years) (%)

Yes
No
20.2
79.8

Arthritis (%)

Yes
No
5.1
94.9

Weekly Working Hours (%)

0
1-39
More than 40
40.4
32.3
27.3

Smoker (%)

Yes
No
16.2
83.8