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International Physical Activity Questionnaire

3,505 Shared Subjects

N/A
Clinical Assessments
Questionnaire
08/23/2016
ipaq01
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Definition
Submission Template
Query Element Name Data Type Size Required Description Value Range Notes Aliases
subjectkey GUID Required The NDAR Global Unique Identifier (GUID) for research subject NDAR*
src_subject_id String 45 Required Subject ID how it's defined in lab/project hcpa_id, record_id, subject
interview_date Date Required Date on which the interview/genetic test/sampling/imaging/biospecimen was completed. MM/DD/YYYY date_of_interview_contact, ipaqdate, v10_ipaq_date, v1_ipaq_date, v7_ipaq_date
interview_age Integer Required Age in months at the time of the interview/test/sampling/imaging. 0::1440 Age is rounded to chronological month. If the research participant is 15-days-old at time of interview, the appropriate value would be 0 months. If the participant is 16-days-old, the value would be 1 month. age, v10_ipaq_age, v1_ipaq_age, v7_ipaq_age
sex String 20 Required Sex of subject at birth
M;F; O; NR
M = Male; F = Female; O=Other; NR = Not reported demo_1, gender
Query ipaq1 Integer Recommended Do you currently have a job or do any unpaid work outside your home 0;1 0=No;1=Yes ipaq_sl_job
Query ipaq2 Integer Recommended During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do vigorous physical activities like heavy lifting, digging, aerobics, or fast cycling? (# days per week) Number of days vigorous activity was completed; -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point ipaq1days, ipaq_1111, ipaq_sl_ovday, ipaq_vig_days, v10_ipaq_vigorous_daysinpastweek, v1_ipaq_vigorous_daysinpastweek, v7_ipaq_vigorous_daysinpastweek, vigdays
Query ipaq3a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend doing vigorous physical activities on one of those days? (hours per day) -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point; -999 = Not applicable ipaq2hrs, ipaq_sl_ovdhrs, vighours
Query ipaq3b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend doing vigorous physical activities on one of those days? (minutes per day) Minutes of vigorous activity per day; 999= Unknown; -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point; -999 = Not applicable ipaq2mins, ipaq_1112_mins, ipaq_sl_ovdmin, ipaq_vig_min, v10_ipaq_vigorous_minutesperdayinpastweek, v1_ipaq_vigorous_minutesperdayinpastweek, v7_ipaq_vigorous_minutesperdayinpastweek, vigminutes
Query ipaq4 Integer Recommended 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? (# days per week) Number of days completing moderate activity; -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point ipaq3days, ipaq_1113_days, ipaq_mod_days, ipaq_sl_omday, moddays, v10_ipaq_moderate_daysinpastweek, v1_ipaq_moderate_daysinpastweek, v7_ipaq_moderate_daysinpastweek
Query ipaq5a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend doing moderate physical activities on one of those days? (hours per day) -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point; -999 = Not applicable ipaq4hrs, ipaq_sl_omdhrs, modhours
Query ipaq5b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend doing moderate physical activities on one of those days? (minutes per day) Minutes of moderate activity per day; 999= Unknown; -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point; -999 = Not applicable ipaq4mins, ipaq_1114_mins, ipaq_mod_min, ipaq_sl_omdmin, modminutes, v10_ipaq_moderate_minutesperdayinpastweek, v1_ipaq_moderate_minutesperdayinpastweek, v7_ipaq_moderate_minutesperdayinpastweek
Query ipaq6 Integer Recommended During the last 7 days, on how many days did you walk for at least ten minutes at a time? (# days per week) Number of days walking was completed; -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point ipaq5days, ipaq_1115_days, ipaq_sl_owday, ipaq_walk_days, v10_ipaq_walking_daysinpastweek, v1_ipaq_walking_daysinpastweek, v7_ipaq_walking_daysinpastweek, walkdays
Query ipaq7a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend walking on one of those days? (hours per day) -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point; -999 = Not applicable ipaq6hrs, ipaq_sl_owdhrs, walkhours
Query ipaq7b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend walking on one of those days? (minutes per day) Minutes of walking per day; 999= Unknown; -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point; -999 = Not applicable ipaq6mins, ipaq_1116_mins, ipaq_sl_owdmin, ipaq_walk_min, v10_ipaq_walking_minutesperdayinpastweek, v1_ipaq_walking_minutesperdayinpastweek, v7_ipaq_walking_minutesperdayinpastweek, walkminutes
Query ipaq8 Integer Recommended During the last 7 days, on how many days did you travel in a motor vehicle like a train, bus, car, or tram (days per week) ipaq_sl_tmday
Query ipaq9a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days traveling in a train, bus, car, tram, or other kind of motor vehicle (hours per day) ipaq_sl_tmdhrs
Query ipaq9b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days traveling in a train, bus, car, tram, or other kind of motor vehicle (minutes per day) ipaq_sl_tmdmin
Query ipaq10 Integer Recommended During the last 7 days , on how many days did you bicycle for at least 10 minutes at a time to go from place to place (days per week) ipaq_sl_tbday
Query ipaq11a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days to bicycle from place to place (hours per week) ipaq_sl_tbwhrs
Query ipaq11b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days to bicycle from place to place (minutes per week) ipaq_sl_tbwmin
Query ipaq12 Integer Recommended During the last 7 days, on how many days did you walk for at least 10 minutes at a time to go from place to place (days per week) ipaq_sl_twday
Query ipaq13a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days walking from place to place (hours per week) ipaq_sl_twdhrs
Query ipaq13b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days walking from place to place (days per week) ipaq_sl_twdmin
Query ipaq14 Integer Recommended Think about only those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time. During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do vigorous physical activities like heavy lifting, chopping wood, shoveling snow, or digging in the garden or yard (days per week) ipaq_sl_gvday
Query ipaq15a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing vigorous physical activities in the garden or yard (hours per day) ipaq_sl_gvdhrs
Query ipaq15b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing vigorous physical activities in the garden or yard (minutes per day) ipaq_sl_gvmin
Query ipaq16 Integer Recommended Again, think about only those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time. During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do moderate activities like carrying light loads, sweeping, washing windows, and raking in the garden or yard (days per week) ipaq_sl_gmday
Query ipaq17a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities in the garden or yard (hours per day) ipaq_sl_gmdhrs
Query ipaq17b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities in the garden or yard (minutes per day) ipaq_sl_gmdmin
Query ipaq18 Integer Recommended Once again, think about only those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time. During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do moderate activities like carrying light loads, washing windows, scrubbing floors and sweeping inside your home (days per week) ipaq_sl_hmday
Query ipaq19a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities inside your home (hours per day) ipaq_sl_hmdhrs
Query ipaq19b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities inside your home (minutes per day) ipaq_sl_hmdmin
Query ipaq20 Integer Recommended Not counting any walking you have already mentioned, during the last 7 days, on how many days did you walk for at least 10 minutes at a time in your leisure time (days per week) ipaq_sl_lwday
Query ipaq21a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days walking in your leisure time (hours per day) ipaq_sl_lwdhrs
Query ipaq21b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days walking in your leisure time (minutes per day) ipaq_sl_lwdmin
Query ipaq22 Integer Recommended Think about only those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time. During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do vigorous physical activities like aerobics, running, fast bicycling, or fast swimming in your leisure time (days per week) ipaq_sl_lvday
Query ipaq23a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing vigorous physical activities in your leisure time (hours per week) ipaq_sl_lvdhrs
Query ipaq23b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing vigorous physical activities in your leisure time (days per week) ipaq_sl_lvdmin
Query ipaq24 Integer Recommended Again, think about only those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time. During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do moderate physical activities like bicycling at a regular pace, swimming at a regular pace, and doubles tennis in your leisure time (days per week) ipaq_sl_lmday
Query ipaq25a Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities in your leisure time (hours per day) ipaq_sl_lmdhrs
Query ipaq25b Integer Recommended How much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities in your leisure time (days per day) ipaq_sl_lmdmin
Query ipaq26a Float Recommended During the last 7 days, how much time did you spend sitting on a week day? (hours per day) Hours of sitting time per week day; -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point ipaq26n_1, ipaq7hrs, ipaq7mins, ipaq_sit_hours, ipaq_sl_sdhrs, v10_ipaq_sitting_minutesperdayinpastweek, v7_ipaq_sitting_minutesperdayinpastweek
Query ipaq26n Integer Recommended During the last 7 days, how much time did you spend sitting on a week day? (minutes per day) 999 = Unknown; -997 = Missing; -998 = Not collected at this time point ipaq27b_1, ipaq_1117_weekday_mins, ipaq_sl_sdmin, v1_ipaq_sitting_minutesperdayinpastweek
Query ipaq27a Integer Recommended During the last 7 days, how much time did you spend sitting on a weekend day? (hours per day) ipaq_sl_sehrs
Query ipaq27b Integer Recommended During the last 7 days, how much time did you spend sitting on a weekend day? (minutes per day) ipaq_sl_semin
Query ipaqsf_cat Integer Recommended IPAQ Short Form Categorical Score 1::3 1=Low Level of Activity; 2=Moderate Level of Activity; 3=High Level of Activity
version_form String 121 Recommended Form used/assessment name e.g., Self-Report, Parent Form, Short Form, Revised Version version
ipaq_1112_week_mins Integer Recommended How much time in total would you spend over the last 7 days doing vigorous physical activities? (minutes per week) Days of vigorous physical activity (ipaq_vig_days) * Minutes of vigorous physical activity (ipaq_vig_min) total_vig_activity
ipaq_1114_week_mins Integer Recommended What is the total amount of time you spent over the last 7 days doing moderate physical activities?� (minutes per week) Days of moderate physical activity (ipaq_mod_days) * Minutes of moderate physical activity (ipaq_mod_min) total_mod_activity
ipaq_1116_week_mins Integer Recommended What is the total amount of time you spent walking over the last 7 days? (minutes per week) Days of walking (ipaq_walk_days) * Minutes of walking (ipaq_walk_min) total_walk_activity
ipaq_1117_wed_mins Integer Recommended What is the total amount of time you spent sitting last Wednesday? (minutes on Wednesday)
completed Integer Recommended Checks if completed -1::3 0=No; 1=Yes; 2=Yes, lost; 3=Unverified; -1= Not applicable ipaq_complete
visit_year Integer Recommended Year of visit
ipaq_vigmet Integer Recommended Vigorous activity MET-min/week 999 = Missing
ipaq_modmet Integer Recommended Moderate activity MET-min/week 999 = Missing
ipaq_walkmet Integer Recommended Walking activity MET-min/week 999 = Missing
ipaq_totmet Integer Recommended Total physical activity MET-min/week 999 = Missing
ipaq_cat Integer Recommended Level of physical activity across all domains 1::3;-999 1 = Inactive; 2 = Minimally active; 3 = HEPA active; -999 = Missing
tot_yardmod_mins Integer Recommended Total Moderate Yard Work minutes ((ipaq_sl_gmdhrs)*60)+(ipaq_sl_gmdmin)
tot_domestic_modmins Integer Recommended Total Domestic Chores Moderate minutes (60*(ipaq_sl_hmdhrs))+(ipaq_sl_hmdmin)
tot_leisure_walk_mins Integer Recommended Total Leisure Walking minutes (60*(ipaq_sl_lwdhrs))+(ipaq_sl_lwdmin)
tot_leisure_vig_mins Integer Recommended Total Leisure Vigorous minutes (60*(ipaq_sl_lvdhrs))+(ipaq_sl_lvdmin)
tot_mod_leisure_mins Integer Recommended Total Leisure Moderate minutes (60*(ipaq_sl_lmdhrs))+(ipaq_sl_lmdmin)
tot_wday_sit_mins Integer Recommended Total Sitting Weekday minutes (60*(ipaq_sl_sdhrs))+(ipaq_sl_sdmin)
tot_wend_sit_mins Integer Recommended Total Weekend Sitting minutes (60*(ipaq_sl_sehrs))+(ipaq_sl_semin)
work_vig_met_score Integer Recommended Work Vigorous MET Score 8.0*(tot_workvig_mins)*(ipaq_sl_ovday)
work_mod_met_score Integer Recommended Work Moderate MET Score 4.0*(tot_workmod_mins)*(ipaq_sl_omday)
work_walk_met_score Integer Recommended Work Walking MET Score 3.3*(tot_workwalk_mins)*(ipaq_sl_owday)
tot_work_met Integer Recommended TOTAL Work MET Score (work_walk_met_score)+(work_mod_met_score)+(work_vig_met_score)
trans_bike_met_score Integer Recommended Transportation Bike MET score 6*(tot_trans_bike_mins)*(ipaq_sl_tbday)
trans_walk_met_score Integer Recommended Transportation Walk MET score ((ipaq_sl_twdhrs)*60)+(ipaq_sl_twdmin)
tot_transport_met_score Integer Recommended TOTAL Transport MET Score 3.3*(tot_trans_walk_mins)*(ipaq_sl_twday)
yard_vig_met_score Integer Recommended Yard Work Vigorous MET score 5.5*(tot_yardvig_mins)*(ipaq_sl_gvday)
yard_mod_met_score Integer Recommended Yard Work Moderate MET score 4*(tot_yardmod_mins)*(ipaq_sl_gmday)
domestic_mod_met_score Integer Recommended Domestic Chores Moderate MET score 3*(tot_domestic_modmins)*(ipaq_sl_hmday)
tot_home_met_score Integer Recommended TOTAL Home (Domestic Chores and Yard Work) MET score (yard_vig_met_score)+(yard_mod_met_score)+(domestic_mod_met_score)
leisure_walk_met_score Integer Recommended Leisure Walking MET 3.3 * (tot_leisure_walk_mins) * (ipaq_sl_lwday)
leisure_vig_met_score Integer Recommended Leisure Vigorous MET score 8*(tot_leisure_vig_mins)*(ipaq_sl_lvday)
tot_workvig_mins Integer Recommended Total Work Vigorous Minutes ((ipaq_sl_ovdhrs)*60)+(ipaq_sl_ovdmin)
leisure_mod_met_score Integer Recommended Leisure Moderate MET 4.0*(tot_mod_leisure_mins)*(ipaq_sl_lmday)
tot_leisure_met_score Integer Recommended TOTAL Leisure-Time MET (leisure_walk_met_score)+(leisure_vig_met_score)+(leisure_mod_met_score)
overall_met_score Integer Recommended OVERALL Total Physical Activity MET score (tot_work_met)+(tot_transport_met_score)+(tot_home_met_score)+(tot_leisure_met_score)
tot_workmod_mins Integer Recommended Total Work Moderate Minutes ((ipaq_sl_omdhrs)*60)+(ipaq_sl_omdmin)
tot_workwalk_mins Integer Recommended Total Work Walk Minutes ((ipaq_sl_owdhrs)*60)+(ipaq_sl_owdmin)
tot_trans_vehicle_mins Integer Recommended Total Transportation Vehicle minutes ((ipaq_sl_tmdhrs)*60)+(ipaq_sl_tmdmin)
tot_trans_bike_mins Integer Recommended Total Transportation Bike minutes ((ipaq_sl_tbwhrs)*60)+(ipaq_sl_tbwmin)
tot_trans_walk_mins Integer Recommended Total Transportation Walk minutes ((ipaq_sl_twdhrs)*60)+(ipaq_sl_twdmin)
tot_yardvig_mins Integer Recommended Total Minutes Yard Work Vigorous ((ipaq_sl_gvdhrs)*60)+(ipaq_sl_gvmin)
ipaq26 Integer Recommended During the last 7 days, how much time in total did you usually spend sitting on a week day? Number of Days
mvpa Integer Recommended Calculation of moderate to vigorous physical activity in the last 7 days Sum of 2*total_vig_activity, total_mod_activity
paq01 Integer Recommended Over the past 3 months, to the best of your knowledge, how many days per week on average did you exercise? 0::7 Number of days in the last week
paq01_fu Integer Recommended Over the past 6 weeks, to the best of your knowledge, how many days per week on average did you exercise? 0::7 Number of days in the last week
paq02 Integer Recommended When you did exercise, on average, how much time (in minutes per day) did you spend exercising? 0::1440 Number of minutes per day spent exercising
paq03 Integer Recommended Using the Rating of Perceived Exertion (RPE) Scale, how hard were you working during an average exercise session? 6::20 6 = 6; 7 = Very, very light; 8 = 8; 9 = Very light; 10 = 10; 11 = Fairly light; 12 = 12; 13 = Somewhat hard; 14 = 14; 15 = Hard; 16 = 16; 17 = Very hard; 18 = 18; 19 = Very, very hard; 20 = 20
timepoint_label String 50 Recommended Timepoint/visit label e.g., Baseline, 6-Month Follow Up, Year 2; Morning, At Bedtime
ipaqsf_8 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities: Minutes
ipaqsf_9 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities: Total
ipaqsf_10 Integer Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities: Don't know 0;1;999 0=Unselected; 1=Selected; 999 = Missing
ipaqsf_11 Integer Recommended During a typical week, on how many DAYS do you walk for at least 10 minutes at a time 1::8;999 1 = 1 day per week; 2 = 2 days per week; 3 = 3 days per week; 4 =4 days per week; 5 = 5 days per week; 6 = 6 days per week; 7 = 7 days per week; 8 = No days; 999 = Missing
ipaqsf_12 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend walking on one of those days: Hours
ipaqsf_13 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend walking on one of those days: Minutes
ipaqsf_14 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend walking on one of those days: Total
ipaqsf_15 Integer Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend walking on one of those days: Don't know 0;1;999 0=Unselected; 1=Selected; 999 = Missing
ipaqsf_16 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you spend sitting during one day: Hours
ipaqsf_17 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you spend sitting during one day: Minutes
ipaqsf_18 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you spend sitting during one day: Total
ipaqsf_19 Integer Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend sitting during one day: Don't know 0;1;999 0=Unselected; 1=Selected; 999 = Missing
ipaqsf_1 Integer Recommended During a typical week, on how many DAYS do you do vigorous physical activities 1::8;999 1 = 1 day per week; 2 = 2 days per week; 3 = 3 days per week; 4 =4 days per week; 5 = 5 days per week; 6 = 6 days per week; 7 = 7 days per week; 8 = No days; 999 = Missing
ipaqsf_2 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing vigorous physical activities: Hours
ipaqsf_3 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing vigorous physical activities: Minutes
ipaqsf_4 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing vigorous physical activities: Total
ipaqsf_5 Integer Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing vigorous physical activities: Don't know 0;1;999 0=Unselected; 1=Selected; 999 = Missing
ipaqsf_6 Integer Recommended During a typical week, on how many DAYS do you do moderate physical activities 1::8;999 1 = 1 day per week; 2 = 2 days per week; 3 = 3 days per week; 4 =4 days per week; 5 = 5 days per week; 6 = 6 days per week; 7 = 7 days per week; 8 = No days; 999 = Missing
ipaqsf_7 String 100 Recommended During a typical week, how much time did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities: Hours
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