You can include both your social and work activities. For example, does your daily job involve
Walking ? Do you dance regularly either at an evening class or socially? How long do you do any of
these things for? And how do you feel when you do each one of them?
Types of activities that count
• Walking to work/shops • Walking the dog • Walking for pleasure or transport
• Walking as part of your job • Hill walking o Sweeping, mowing, any physical cleaning or decorating
• Physical or manual labour such as gardening, building, farm labouring • Playing a sport
• Exercise classes • Dance classes or social dancing • Cycling for pleasure or transport • Swimming
| Q. How often are you active? | ||
| Frequency | Rating | |
| Daily or almost daily | 5 | |
| Three to Five times per week | 4 | |
| One to Two times per week | 3 | |
| Less than four times per month | 2 | |
| Less than once a month | 1 | |
Q. For how long does each period of activity last? |
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| Duration | Rating | |
| More than 30 minutes | 4 | |
| 20-30 minutes | 3 | |
| 10-20 minutes | 2 | |
| Under 10 minutes | 1 | |
Q. How do you feel while you are being active? Does your regular activity give you any of the following sensations? If you do a variety of activities, list the most frequent sensation. |
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| Intensity | Rating | |
| Sustained heavy breathing and sweating | 5 | |
| Intermittent heavy breathing and sweating | 4 | |
| Moderately Heavy breathing and sweating | 3 | |
| Moderate breathing, no sweating | 2 | |
| Light work, no change to breathing, no sweating | 1 | |
| Calculate your score by multiplying your ratings for each aspect of activity. (frequency x duration x intensity = score) |
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| Score | Activity Level |
| Under 20 | Sedentary |
| 20-40 | Inactive |
| 40-60 | Acceptable |
| 60-80 | Active |
| 100+ | Very Active |
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