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Physical Activity Questionnaire

πŸ”How it appears to patients?

βš™οΈ Associated Monitoring Rules

To use the Physical Activity Questionnaire effectively, the relevant monitoring rules associated with Physical Activity as a task must be enabled. To enable the monitoring rules:

  1. Go to the User Management Portal.
  2. Navigate using the left-hand panel to Rules Management.
  3. Search for "Physical Activity".
  4. βœ… Enable the rules that will allow you to identify patients that you want to record their Physical Activity level.

πŸ“‹SNOMED codes saved to EHR

895951000000106

General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire declined (situation)

366121000000108

General practice physical activity questionnaire physical activity index: inactive (finding)

366171000000107

General practice physical activity questionnaire physical activity index: moderately inactive (finding)

366211000000105

General practice physical activity questionnaire physical activity index: moderately active (finding)

366241000000106

General practice physical activity questionnaire physical activity index: active (finding)


How the Physical Activity Index is calculated

The index value is determined in two steps based on the General Practice Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPPAQ) guidelines.

Step 1: Combining the responses for hours spent on physical exercise and cycling according to the following table:

Step 2: Based on the calculation in Step 1 and the patient’s response on physical activity at work, the Physical Activity Index is determined according to the following table:

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