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Table 2 Domains and dimensions of movement behaviours covered by each monitoring system

From: An inventory of national surveillance systems assessing physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sport participation of adults in the European Union

Country, system

PAQ

Physical activity

 

Sedentary behaviour

Sport participation

Type & Domain

Dimension

Domain

Dimension

Domain

Dimension

Belgium

 Belgian National Food Consumption Survey

IPAQ-LF, EHIS-PAQ

Occupational, transport, cycling/walking, MVPA

Frequency, duration, intensity, total volume

Unspecified

Frequency, duration

 BHIS

IPAQ-LF, EHIS-PAQ

Leisure-time, occupational, cycling/walking, MVPA,

Frequency, duration, intensity, total volume

Denmark

 Den Nationale Sundhedsprofil

NPAQ

Marshall D

MVPA +

Duration

Leisure-time, transport, school

Total volume

 Danskernes motions- og sportsvaner

Newly developed/adapted

Organised, non-organised, competitive

Frequency, duration, type of sport

Estonia

 Health Behaviour among Estonian Adult Population

Newly developed/adapted

Unspecified

Frequency, duration

 National Physical Activity Survey among Estonian Adult Population

Newly developed/adapted

Leisure-time

Frequency, duration

Unspecified

Frequency, duration, type of sport

Finland

 National FinHealth Study

Newly developed/adapted

Leisure-time, occupational, transport

Frequency, duration

Organised, non-organised

Frequency

 Terveys 2011 (Health 2000–2011)

IPAQ-LF

Occupational, transport, home/household, cycling/walking

Frequency, duration, intensity, total volume

Leisure-time, occupational, transport

Screen time, sitting, total volume

 Health Behaviour and Health among the Finnish Retirement-Age Population

Newly developed/adapted

cycling/walking, MVPA

Frequency, duration, intensity

 National FinSote studyd

Newly developed/adapted

Leisure-time, occupational, transportc

Frequency, duration, intensity, total volumec

Leisure-time, occupationalc

Total volumec

Germany

 German Nutrition Survey

Newly developed/adapted

Transport, cycling/walking, home/household, gardening, house work, house maintenance

Duration

Unspecified

Other

 German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Adults

Newly developed/adapted

MVPA

Frequency, duration

Unspecified

Duration

Greece

 Sports for all programs

Newly developed/adapted

Leisure-time

Frequency, duration

Organised

Frequency

Ireland

 Irish Sports Monitor

ISM

Leisure-time, transport, cycling/walking

 

Organised, non-organised, competitive, unspecified, coaching/volunteering

Frequency, duration, type of sport,

 Healthy Ireland Survey

HIS

Leisure-time, transport, cycling/walking

Frequency, total volume

Total volumec

Sitting

 The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

IPAQ-SF

Leisure-time, transport, home/household, cycling/walking, coaching, volunteering

Frequency, duration, intensity, total volume

Italy

 Aspetti della vita quotidiana

Newly developed/adapted

PA

Frequency

Unspecified

Frequency, duration

 Progressi Delle Aziende Sanitarie per la Salute in Italia

PASSI

PA at work and out of work

Frequency, duration, intensity

 Italian Population Survey on Alcohol and other Drugs

IPSAD

PA

Frequency, duration, intensity

Lithuania

 Study of the physical status of adults in Lithuania

Adapted IPAQ-SF

Leisure-time, occupational, transport

Total volume

Leisure-time, occupational, transport

Total volume

 National Survey on Physical Activity in Lithuania

GPAQ

Leisure-time, occupational, transport, home/household, cycling/walking

Frequency

the Netherlands

 Health Survey/Lifestyle Monitor

SQUASH

Leisure-time, occupational, transport, home/household, cycling/walking

Frequency, duration, intensity, total volumec

Organised, non-organised, competitive

Frequency, duration, type of sport, other

 Additional module Physical activity and Accidents/Lifestyle Monitor

SQUASH

Marshall D

Leisure-time, occupational, transport, home/household, cycling/walking

Frequency, duration, intensity, total volumec

Leisure-time, occupational, transport, school

Screen time, sitting, reclining/lying down, total volume

Organised, non-organised, competitive

Frequency, duration, type of sport, other

 Dutch National Food Consumption Survey

SQUASH

Leisure-time, occupational, transport, home/household, cycling/walking, sport, gardening

Duration

 ‘Omnibus of recreation’

RSO

Organised, non-organised, competitivet

Frequency, type of sport

Portugal

 National Physical Activity and Sport Monitoring System

IPAQ-SF

Leisure-time, occupational, transport, home/household, cycling/walking

Frequency, duration, intensity, total volume

Leisure-time, occupational, transport

Screen time, sitting, reclining/lying down, total volume

Organised, non-organised

Frequency, duration, type of sport

Romania

 Study on behavioural determinants of health status for the adult population in Romania

National institute of public health questionnaire

Leisure-time, occupational, transport, cycling/walking

Frequency, duration, intensity

Leisure-time, occupational, transport

Total volume

Unspecified

Duration

Slovenia

 Slovenian Public Opinion Survey

The Sport-recreational activity of Slovenian

Organised, non-organised, competitive

Frequency, duration, type of sport

 Collaboration for Integrated Noncommunicable Disease Intervention

Adapted IPAQ-SF

Leisure-time, occupational, transport, home/household, cycling/walking

Frequency, duration, intensity

Leisure-time, occupational, transport

Screen time, sitting

Spain

 Encuesta Nacional de Salud Española

IPAQ - SF

Leisure-time, occupational

Frequency

Leisure-time, occupational

Sitting

 Consejo Superior de Deportes

IPAQ - SF

Leisure-time

Frequency, duration

  

Organised, non-organised, competitive

Frequency, duration, type of sport

Sweden

 The national public health survey Health on equal terms

IPAQ - SF

MVPA

Duration, intensity

Total volume

Sitting

  1. Legend.; c = depends on the year; d = FinSote study started as Health Behaviour and Health among the Finnish Adult Population and then The regional health and well-being survey; MVPA moderate and vigorous physical activity; GPAQ Global Physical Activity Questionnaire; NPAQ Nordic Physical Activity Questionnaire; ISMSF Indagine Statistica multiscopo sulle famiglie (Multi-purpose statistical survey on families); Marshall D Marshall Sitting Questionnaire; SQUASH Short Questionnaire to Assess Health enhancing physical activity; RSO Richtlijn voor Sportdeelname Onderzoek (Guideline for Sport participation Research)