Table 1.
Analyzing guideline for the European Health Interview Survey-Physical Activity Questionnaire, EHIS-PAQ
| Indicator | Definition | Calculation | Label | Reporting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Work-related PA | Proportion of individuals doing mostly tasks with at least moderate physical effort when working | Generate WRPA = 1 if Q1 == 2 OR Q1 == 3; | Label WRPA ‘Mostly physically active when working’ | Percentage of individuals being mostly physically active when working (WRPA = 1) |
| Replace WRPA = 2 if Q1 == 1; | 1 = Yes | |||
| Replace WRPA = 3 if Q1 == 4 | 2 = No | |||
| 3 = Not working | ||||
| Transport-related PA | Quintiles of transport-related physical activity in METa/minutes per week | Enter data for Q3/Q5 as shown in Fig. 3; | Label TRPA ‘Transport-related physical activity in MET/minutes per week’ | Upper quintile limits of the transport-related physical activity index |
| Generate WalkMin = Q2 x Q3; replace WalkMin = 0 if Q2 == 0 | ||||
| Generate CycleMin = Q4 x Q5; CylcleMin = 0 if Q4 == 0 | ||||
| GenerateTRPA = WalkMin x 3.3 + CycleMin x 6 | ||||
| Health-enhancing PA | ||||
| Aerobic PA guideline compliance | Proportion of individuals performing at least 150 min aerobic physical activity per week b | Enter data for Q7 in minutes per week; | Label HEPA ‘Aerobic PA at least 150 min per week’b | Percentage of individuals performing at least 150 min aerobic physical activity per weekb (HEPA = 1) |
| Replace Q7 = 0 if Q6 == 0; | 1 = Yes | |||
| Generate AEROB = Q7 + CycleMin; | 2 = No | |||
| Generate HEPA = 1 if AEROB ≥ 150; | ||||
| Replace HEPA = 2 if AEROB < 150b | ||||
| Muscle- strengthening PA guideline compliance | Proportion of individuals performing at least 2 days per week muscle-strengthening physical activityc | Generate MSPA = 1 if Q8 ≥ 2; | Label MSPA ‘Muscle-strengthening physical activity at least 2 days per week’c | Percentage of individuals performing at least 2 days per weekc muscle-strengthening physical activity (MSPA = 1) |
| Replace MSPA = 2 if Q8 < 2c | 1 = Yes | |||
| 2 = No | ||||
| Total PA | Proportion of individuals being sufficiently physically active in total | Generate TPA = 1 if HEPA == 1 OR WRPA == 1; | Label TPA ‘Sufficiently physically active in total’ | Percentage of individuals being sufficiently physically active in total (TPA = 1) |
| Replace TPA = 2 if HEPA == 2 AND WRPA ≠ 1 | 1 = Yes | |||
| 2 = No | ||||
aMET, metabolic equivalent (one MET corresponds to the energy expenditure at a state of complete rest). The MET values 3.3 for walking and 6 for cycling are adapted from the IPAQ-Long Form data analyzing guidelines [34]
bCut-of-point is for the age group 18+ years, for the age group 15–17 years ≥ 60 min per day should be used
cCut-of-point is for the age group 18+ years, for the age group 15–17 years ≥ 3 days per week should be used