Table 1. Categories of physical activity with their corresponding items in the QAPACE questionnaire.
Category Questions Description
1 1 Sleeping
2 2, 3 Toilet including bathing, dressing & undressing
3 4, 5, 6 Meals (eating)
4 7, 8 Transportation (walking, riding by car, busing, cycling, motorcycling, roller- skating)
5 9, 10 Classroom (sitting in class, home work, etc)
6 11 Mandatory physical education
7 12 Other activities in school: artistic (music, dancing, theater, arts, etc), craft activities and additional sports of leisure.
8 13 Out of school activities: miscellaneous and leisure sports (deskwork, TV watching, videogames, Music listening, reading, leisure sport activities, etc)
9 14 Religious activities
10 15 As item 8 but during vacation time
11 16 Personal artistic activities not associated with school
12 17 Sport competition and training
13 18 Home activities: sweeping, mopping, cleaning, washing, laundry, ironing, cooking, child care, gardening, etc.