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Development of a General Health Tracking Instrument for the Brazilian Population
Carolina Vieira de MelloBarros Pimentel, Alexandre Fernandes Chaud Tarifa, Luciana Pereira-Lancha, João Paulo Nogueira Ribeiro

Abstract
The already ample employment of online tools and apps for initiatives aiming at health assessment and health-associated interventions has boosted in the recent past, owing to the COVI-19 pandemic. Most of these tools lack, however, scientific background and validation. We present a novel instrument for general health assessment conceived as a combination of 5 clusters (general health, nutrition adequacy, emotional balance, physical activity and sleep quality) to screen general health and lifestyle habits. The questions (maximum of 5 per cluster) have been obtained from validated, published studies retrieved from indexed publications. As the instrument dedicated to the Brazilian population, with its particularities (mixed ethnicity, etc) the chosen tools were those with previous endorsement of Brazilian culture and language. The scoring will obey that described in each of the already validated and published instruments, and will provide information to the user about which clusters deserve more attention in the road for improved health and wellbeing.

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