Physical Activity Downloads

These unsupported documents are available for reference as guidelines on processing  data. Please be aware that these documents outline MRC specific procedures and are not intended to be a comprehensive guide for external data analysis.

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Physical Activity Questionnaires

• Recent Physical Activity Questionnaire (RPAQ): 
  • Version 13.0.0 15/09/2020: Electronic Version used within NDNS (Screenshots here)
  • Previous paper version of the questionnaire (FEN_RPAQ_9.1_05/05/2006):
    • RPAQ (Questionnaire)
    • RPAQ_DataEntry(Data Entry)
    • RPAQ_Guidelines (Cleaning guidelines)
    • RPAQ_Syntax_v1.5 (STATA Processing Syntax)
  • RPAQ questionnaire in different languages (.PDF of electronic infopath versions (reference)):Basque, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish.
• National Diet and Nutrition Survey child questionnaires (year 13 onwards):
  • Toddler 2-4/5 year olds (pre-school aged)
  • Child 5-15 years
    • Proxy report aged 5-11 – CPAQ_PC
    • Child report aged 11-15 – CPAQ_C
• National Diet and Nutrition Survey (NDNS) Physical Activity Questionnaire processing syntax. Processing of the physical activity questionnaire data in NDNS is broken down into the adult and child questionnaires. Below are PDF copies of the STATA syntax used to produce the output variables for each questionnaire. Comments are written within the syntax to explain what each part is doing. Click the links below to download the desired PDF:
  • RPAQ Syntax (ages 16+): Years 2-11
  • RPAQ Syntax (ages 16+): Years 12+
  • CPAQ Syntax (ages 5-11): Years 12+
• Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire (SIT-Q-7d):
  • SIT-Q-7d (Reference)
  • SIT-Q-7d questionnaire (Questionnaire V1.0_13Dec_2010)
  • SIT-Q-7d Guidelines (Cleaning Guidelines)
  • SIT-Q-7d Data entry (Data Entry)
  • SIT-Q-7d Syntax (STATA Processing Syntax)

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Processing Software

• PAMPRO: Physical Activity Monitor Processing (latest version) –  pampro is a software project for the systematic analysis of physical activity data collected in epidemiological studies.
• Wave Software (latest version) – Python library for processing of waveform accelerometry data

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Videos/Audios

GeneActiv

• Wearing the GENEActiv physical activity monitor

Axivity

• Getting participants started with the Axivity monitor
• Wearing the Axivity monitor

Actigraph

• Getting participants started with the Actigraph monitor
• Wearing the Actigraph Monitor

Actiheart

• Getting participants started with the Actiheart 4 monitor

Step Test

• Step test in the lab procedure
• Audio prompt for MRC step test as voice prompt – 8mins version (mp3 file)
• Audio prompt for MRC step test as drumbeat – 10mins version (mp3 file)

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

For a list of FAQs relating to Questionnaires, processing syntax and software, please click here

For additional information please email: pa-documentation@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk

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Historical

• MAHUffe program (zip file)
  • MAHUffe Explanation of Variables file (zip file)

Please note, MAHUffe is only compatible with Actigraph Uni-axial files (data collected in modes 0-4) .dat files collected using ActiLife software versions <5.0. It is not capable of processing Bi-axial and Tri-axial data Actigraph files.

• EPIC Physical Activity Questionnaire (EPAQ2): (Reference)
  • EPAQ2 Questionnaire: (Questionnaire_V4)
  • EPAQ2 Data Entry guidelines: EPAQ2_Entry_QV4/5/6 (For questionnaire versions 4, 5 & 6),
  • EPAQ2 Data Entry Template: (Data Entry Template_QV4/5/6),
  • EPAQ2 Cleaning Recommendations (EPAQ2Recommendations)
  • EPAQ2 Data Processing Syntax: EPAQ2_Syntax_QV4/5/6 (19/11/19 version 4.0)
• Children and Youth Physical Activity Questionnaires:
  • CPAQ/YPAQ (Reference)
  • CPAQ (Questionnaire)
  • YPAQ (Questionnaire)
  • YPAQ and CPAQ outcome derivation

• Historical Adulthood Physical Activity Questionnaire (HAPAQ):
  • HAPAQ (reference)