Questions about you and your health?

Project “Villages on Move Baltic” (VOM BALTIC) 1.1.2016-31.12.2017 (Nr. 2016-3715/001-001)

Dear participants,

We are interested in people's motivating methods for physical activities in different social and age groups. This is a part of a wide study being conducted in many countries around the Baltic states. Your answers will help us to understand how active you are in comparison with people in other countries. Research will be carried in 5 countries: Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark, Finland.

Research is anonymous. Thank you for participating!

You can write your e-mail by the organization for example

Contact person: Dr. Viktorija Piscalkiene. Kauno kolegija/Kaunas UAS Faculty of Medicine

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Results are publicly available

CityCountrysideSettlement

Requires a lot of physical activity and effortsRequires medium of physical activity and effortsRequires low physical activity and efforts (only sitting)

INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE What is my motivation to be active physically?

The questions are about the time you spent being physically active in the last 7 days. They include questions about activities you do at work, as part of your house and yard work, to get from place to place, and in your spare time for recreation, exercise, or sport. Please answer each question even if you do not consider yourself to be an active person. In answering the following questions, vigorous physical activities refer to activities that take hard physical effort and make you breathe much harder than normal. Moderate activities refer to activities that take moderate physical effort and make you breathe somewhat harder than normal.

Absolutely NO	NO	YES	Absolutely YES
It is interesting to see my own improvement

So much written and spoken about it in media (internet, TV, Radio)

The person’s quality of life depends on personal effort

If you start to achieve something, you have to go to the end

I like to experience the joy

I like to do physical exercises

I put effort and seek excellence

I want to prove that not only others can, but I can too

That I do for my pleasure

I find friends and like-minded people

I like to look for discoveries and victories

I want to be healthy

I would like to set a good example for my family

It reduces stress

It is fun and interesting

Because it helps my image

I would like to set a good example for my friends

I want others to see me physically fit

Questions about you and your health?

Name of the event:

You are?

How old are you?

Your height?

Your weight?

In which country do you live?

Your nationality?

In what area do you live?

What kind of work do you do?

Do you have any problems with your health? Can you describe?

INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE What is my motivation to be active physically?

1A: During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do vigorous physical activities like heavy lifting, digging, aerobics, or fast bicycling? Think about only those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time. (days per week)

1B: How much time in total did you usually spend on one of those days doing vigorous physical activities? (hours and minutes)

2A: Again, think only about those physical activities that you did for at least 10 minutes at a time. During the last 7 days, on how many days did you do moderate physical activities like carrying light loads, bicycling at a regular pace, or doubles tennis? Do not include walking. (days per week)

2B: How much time in total did you usually spend on one of those days doing moderate physical activities? (hours and minutes)

3A: During the last 7 days, on how many days did you walk for at least 10 minutes at a time? This includes walking at work and at home, walking to travel from place to place, and any other walking that you did solely for recreation, sport, exercise, or leisure. (days per week)

3B: How much time in total did you usually spend walking on one of those days? (hours and minutes)

TYPES OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: What types of physical activity do you use (for the last 6 months)? You can mark several options.

If you participated in an event, please answer the following questions.

What kind of activities have you tried during the event?

Which of the activities did you like the most?

Which new activities would you like for the next events?

WHAT IS MY MOTIVATION TO BE ACTIVE PHYSICALLY?

WHAT IS MY MOTIVATION TO BE ACTIVE PHYSICALLY?

Motivation