Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire

Instrument Details

Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire

RPAQ

Physical activity assessment

Questionnaires

9th November 2021

Soren Brage, University of Cambridge

This questionnaire is designed to measure physical activity during everyday life in the last 4 weeks. The questionnaire is divided into 3 sections:

Section A asks about physical activity in and around the house. 

Section B is about travel to work and activity at work. 

Section C asks about recreational activities.

Instrument Characteristics
raw  -> Not applicable
raw  -> Not applicable
acquisition  -> Self report
retrospective prospective  -> Retrospective
timeframe  -> Weeks
location  -> Not applicable
timeseries  -> No
raw aggregated  -> Aggregated
opensource proprietary  -> Open
raw sampling  -> Not applicable
resolution  -> Not applicable
Instrument Estimates
Duration
Intensity
Frequency
Volume
Total physical activity energy expenditure
Type
Sedentary behaviour
Contextual information: Domain
Duration
Intensity
Frequency
Volume
Total physical activity energy expenditure
Type
Sedentary behaviour
Contextual information: Domain
Instrument Resources
Resource 1  www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Resource 2  www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Resource 3  www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Resource 4  www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Resource 5  www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Resource 6  www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Resource 7  www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Resource 8  www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Resource 9  www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Instrument Validities
Populations Countries Reference Link
Adults United Kingdom, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden journals.plos.org