Scottish Health Survey - topic report: UK comparisons

References and notes: Appendix A

1 Bromley, C., Bradshaw, P. and Given, L. [eds.] (2009). The Scottish Health Survey 2008 - Volume 2: Technical Report. Edinburgh: Scottish Government. Available from: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2009/09/28102003/0

2 Craig, R., Mindell, J., and Hirani, V. [Eds.] Health Survey for England 2008 - Volume 2: Methodology and Documentation. London: National Centre for Social Research. Available from: http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles-related-surveys/health-survey-for-england/health-survey-for-england--2008-physical-activity-and-fitness

3 No technical report of the 2005/6 survey has been published, however methodological information can be found in the User Guide that accompanies the archived data, available from http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/findingdata/snDescription.asp?sn=5710&key=northern+ireland+health+and+social+wellbeing

4 Sadler, K., Doyle, M. Sanchez, M. and Hussey, D. (2009). Welsh Health Survey 2008 Technical Report. [Web only] Available from: http://wales.gov.uk/topics/statistics/publications/publication-archive/healthsurvey2008tech/?lang=en [Accessed 5 July 2010]

5 For a more detailed explanation of this see: Roth, M. (2010). Self-reported physical activity in adults. In Craig, R., Mindell, J., and Hirani, V. [Eds.] Health Survey for England 2008 - Volume 1: Physical activity and fitness. London: National Centre for Social Research. Available from: http://www.ic.nhs.uk/statistics-and-data-collections/health-and-lifestyles-related-surveys/health-survey-for-england/health-survey-for-england--2008-physical-activity-and-fitness

6 Allied Dunbar National Fitness Survey. London: Health Education Authority and Sports Council, 1992.

7 Home activities:

Examples of 'heavy' gardening or DIY work classified as moderate intensity:

Digging, clearing rough ground, building in stone/bricklaying, mowing large areas with a hand mower, felling trees, chopping wood, mixing/laying concrete, moving heavy loads, refitting a kitchen or bathroom or any similar heavy manual work.

Examples of 'heavy' housework classified as moderate intensity:

Walking with heavy shopping for more than 5 minutes, moving heavy furniture, spring cleaning, scrubbing floors with a scrubbing brush, cleaning windows, or other similar heavy housework.

Examples of 'light' gardening or DIY work classified as light intensity:

Hoeing, weeding, pruning, mowing with a power mower, planting flowers/seeds, decorating, minor household repairs, car washing and polishing, car repairs and maintenance.

8 Sports and Exercise activities - Intensity:

Vigorous:

a) All occurrences of running/jogging, squash, boxing, kick boxing, skipping, trampolining.

b) Sports coded as vigorous intensity if they had made the participant breathe heavily or sweaty, but otherwise coded as moderate intensity including: cycling, aerobics, keep fit, gymnastics, dance for fitness, weight training, football, rugby, swimming, tennis, badminton.

Moderate:

a) See 'vigorous' category b).

b) All occasions of a large number of activities including: basketball, canoeing, fencing, field athletics, hockey, ice skating, lacrosse, netball, roller skating, rowing, skiing, volleyball.

c) Sports coded as moderate intensity if they had made the participant breathe heavily or sweaty, but otherwise coded as light intensity, including: exercise (press-ups, sit-ups etc), dancing.

Light:

a) See 'moderate' category c).

b) All occasions of a large number of activities including: abseiling, baseball, bowls, cricket, croquet, darts, fishing, golf, riding, rounders, sailing, shooting, snooker, snorkelling, softball, table tennis, yoga.

9 Work activities:

Vigorous:

Considers self very physically active in job and is in one of a small number of occupations defined as involving heavy work including:

fishermen/women, furnace operators, rollerman, smiths and forge workers, faceworking coal-miners, other miners, construction workers and forestry workers.

Moderate:

Considers self very physically active in job and is not in occupation groups listed above OR considers self fairly physically active in job and is one of a small number of occupations involving heavy or moderate work including:

any listed above OR fire service officers, metal plate workers, shipwrights, riveters, steel erectors, benders, fitters, galvanisers, tin platers, dip platers, plasterers, roofers, glaziers, general building workers, road surfacers, stevedores, dockers, goods porters, refuse collectors.

Light:

Considers self fairly physically active in job and is not in one of the occupation groups listed above.