Form Coding Instructions

The last questions are about the time you spend sitting while 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. Do not include any time spent sitting in a motor vehicle that you have already told me about

Source: International Physical Activity Questionnaires

77589-0 During the last 7 days, how much time did you usually spend sitting on a weekday?

Term Description

The IPAQ sitting question is an additional indicator variable of time spent in sedentary activity and is not included as part of any summary score of physical activity. Data on sitting should be reported as median values and interquartile ranges.

Fully-Specified Name

Component
During the last 7D, how much time did you usually spend sitting on a weekday
Property
NRat
Time
7D
System
^Patient
Scale
Qn
Method
IPAQ

Long Common Name

During the last 7 days, how much time did you usually spend sitting on a weekday [IPAQ]

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.IPAQ
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.61
Last Updated
Version 2.64 (NAM)
Change Reason
Removed "in total" in the Component and Survey Question Text fields to align with the question phrasing in the IPAQ (Aug 2002 version).
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
88379-3International Physical Activity Questionnaire self-administered long form [IPAQ]
77582-5International Physical Activity Questionnaire Self-Administered Short Form [IPAQ]
88434-6International Physical Activity Questionnaire telephone long form [IPAQ]
88412-2International Physical Activity Questionnaire telephone short form [IPAQ]

Example Units

UnitSource
min/dExample UCUM Units

88411-4 During the last 7 days, how much time did you usually spend sitting on a weekend day?

Fully-Specified Name

Component
During the last 7D, how much time did you usually spend sitting on a weekend D
Property
NRat
Time
7D
System
^Patient
Scale
Qn
Method
IPAQ

Long Common Name

During the last 7 days, how much time did you usually spend sitting on a weekend day [IPAQ]

Basic Attributes

Class
SURVEY.IPAQ
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.64
Last Updated
Version 2.64 (ADD)
Order vs. Observation
Observation

Member of these Panels

LOINCLong Common Name
88379-3International Physical Activity Questionnaire self-administered long form [IPAQ]
88434-6International Physical Activity Questionnaire telephone long form [IPAQ]

Example Units

UnitSource
min/d;h/d;h/wk;min/wkExample UCUM Units