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.
Source: Regenstrief LOINC
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
Basic Attributes
- Class
- SURVEY.IPAQ
- Type
- Surveys
- First Released
- Version 2.61
- Last Updated
- Version 2.64
- 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
Survey Question
- Text
- During the last 7 days, how much time did you usually spend sitting on a weekday?
- Source
- IPAQ_Short_Q7
Member of these Panels
| LOINC |
Long Common Name |
| 88379-3 |
International Physical Activity Questionnaire self-administered long form [IPAQ] |
| 77582-5 |
International Physical Activity Questionnaire Self-Administered Short Form [IPAQ] |
| 88434-6 |
International Physical Activity Questionnaire telephone long form [IPAQ] |
| 88412-2 |
International Physical Activity Questionnaire telephone short form [IPAQ] |
Example Units
| Unit |
Source |
| min/d |
Example UCUM Units |