1 Before you use it
What it is
Three questions: in a typical week, how many times do you do strenuous, moderate and mild exercise for more than 15 minutes?
Two minutes, three numbers, and it gives you a physical activity baseline that most assessments never take.
When to reach for it
Osteoarthritis, persistent pain and any presentation where physical activity is part of the plan — which is most of them.
Baseline it before you prescribe exercise, or you have no idea whether you're adding to a lot or a little.
Patterns it serves · 3
2 Giving it
Scoring
Weighted: strenuous ×9, moderate ×5, mild ×3, summed to a leisure score index. Higher means more activity.
What it doesn’t measure
Occupational or incidental activity, or intensity beyond self-report.
3 Reading the score
Interpreting it
**Commonly banded as active, moderately active and insufficiently active.
Is the change real?
Student trap. Prescribing exercise without a baseline. Three questions and you know whether you're adding 10% or doubling it.
Official source: hfjc.library.ubc.ca. We don't host the form.
This is a learning tool. It does not diagnose patients and does not replace your clinical educator.
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