Validation of the regular physical exercise adherence scale (REPEAS) in Brazilian older adults
Leiane Mota Costa, Aldair Darlan Santos-de-Araújo, Victória Pereira Frutuoso, Fabio Henrique Ferreira Pereira, Marinete Rodrigues de Farias Diniz, Abraão Albino Mendes Júnior, Almir Vieira Dibai-Filho, Daniela Bassi-Dibai · 2026
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Leiane Mota Costa and colleagues validate a twelve question scale that sorts why older Brazilians skip regular exercise, in a 2026 study. Two hundred adults aged sixty and up, mostly women, took the scale plus a standard activity survey. The scale splits its questions into personal barriers, like pain or low drive, and environmental ones, like no safe place or no company.
The two part shape held up well under factor checks, with clean fit scores. Personal barrier scores split active from inactive elders as theory wants. Stability over repeat testing and internal consistency both ran strong. The authors offer the scale to clinics and researchers hunting fixable barriers, while warning their convenience sample limits how far the result travels beyond like groups.
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| CREATOR | Leiane Mota Costa, Aldair Darlan Santos-de-Araújo, Victória Pereira Frutuoso, Fabio Henrique Ferreira Pereira, Marinete Rodrigues de Farias Diniz, Abraão Albino Mendes Júnior, Almir Vieira Dibai-Filho, Daniela Bassi-Dibai |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33967 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |