INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE August 2002 SHORT LAST 7 DAYS SELF ADMINISTERED FORMAT FOR USE WITH YOUNG AND MIDDLE AGED ADULTS 15 69 years The International Physical Activity Questionnaires IPAQ comprises a set of 4 questionnaires Long 5 activity domains asked independently and short 4 generic items versions for use by either telephone or self administered methods are available The purpose of the questionnaires is to provide common instruments that can be used to obtain internationally comparable data on health related physical activity Background on IPAQ The development of an international measure for physical activity commenced in Geneva in 1998 and was followed by extensive reliability and validity testing undertaken across 12 countries 14 sites during 2000 The final results suggest that these measures have acceptable measurement properties for use in many settings and in different languages and are suitable for national population based prevalence studies of participation in physical activity Using IPAQ Use of the IPAQ instruments for monitoring and research purposes is encouraged It is recommended that no changes be made to the order or wording of the questions as this will affect the psychometric properties of the instruments Translation from English and Cultural Adaptation Translation from English is supported to facilitate worldwide use of IPAQ Information on the availability of IPAQ in different languages can be obtained at www ipaq ki se If a new translation is undertaken we highly recommend using the prescribed back translation methods available on the IPAQ website If possible please consider making your translated version of IPAQ available to others by contributing it to the IPAQ website Further details on translation and cultural adaptation can be downloaded from the website Further Developments of IPAQ International collaboration on IPAQ is on going and an International Physical Activity Prevalence Study is in progress For further information see the IPAQ website More Information More detailed information on the IPAQ process and the research methods used in the development of IPAQ instruments is available at www ipaq ki se and Booth M L 2000 Assessment of Physical Activity An International Perspective Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport 71 2 s114 20 Other scientific publications and presentations on the use of IPAQ are summarized on the website SHORT LAST 7 DAYS SELF ADMINISTERED version of the IPAQ Revised August 2002 INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE We are interested in finding out about the kinds of physical activities that people do as part of their everyday lives The questions will ask you about the time you spent being physically active in the last 7 days Please answer each question even if you do not consider yourself to be an active person Please think about the activities you do at work as part of your house and yard work to get from place to place and in your spare time for recreation exercise or sport Think about all the vigorous activities that you did in the last 7 days Vigorous physical activities refer to activities that take hard physical effort and make you breathe much harder than normal Think only about those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time 1 During the last 7 days on how many days did you do vigorous physical activities like heavy lifting digging aerobics or fast bicycling days per week No vigorous physical activities 2 Skip to question 3 How much time did you usually spend doing vigorous physical activities on one of those days hours per day minutes per day Don t know Not sure Think about all the moderate activities that you did in the last 7 days Moderate activities refer to activities that take moderate physical effort and make you breathe somewhat harder than normal Think only about those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time 3 During the last 7 days on how many days did you do moderate physical activities like carrying light loads bicycling at a regular pace or doubles tennis Do not include walking days per week No moderate physical activities Skip to question 5 SHORT LAST 7 DAYS SELF ADMINISTERED version of the IPAQ Revised August 2002 4 How much time did you usually spend doing moderate physical activities on one of those days hours per day minutes per day Don t know Not sure Think about the time you spent walking in the last 7 days This includes at work and at home walking to travel from place to place and any other walking that you have done solely for recreation sport exercise or leisure 5 During the last 7 days on how many days did you walk for at least 10 minutes at a time days per week No walking 6 Skip to question 7 How much time did you usually spend walking on one of those days hours per day minutes per day Don t know Not sure The last question is about the time you spent sitting on weekdays during the last 7 days Include time spent at work at home while doing course work and during leisure time This may include time spent sitting at a desk visiting friends reading or sitting or lying down to watch television 7 During the last 7 days how much time did you spend sitting on a week day hours per day minutes per day Don t know Not sure This is the end of the questionnaire thank you for participating SHORT LAST 7 DAYS SELF ADMINISTERED version of the IPAQ Revised August 2002