Table 4 Comparison of studies measuring physical activity of patients based on rapid assessment questionnaire

Author (year)

Hermanussen et al. (2016) [37]

Low et al. (2017) [33]

Azfar et al. (2019) [36]

Varghese et al. (2019) [38]

Present research

(2022)

N

111

132

362

116

222

Age (year) (mean (SD))

64 ± 10

70.62 ± 7.39

39.82 ± 11.42

 > 50 years:71

 ≤ 60 years:71.55%, > 60 years: 28.45%

61.08 ± 7.9

Target group

One or two hand surgeries over the age of 50

Healthy over 60 years

Low back pain (LBP)

Hemodialysis patients

Over 50 years old

RAPA total score (mean (SD))

6.3 ± 2.6

–

–

2.991 ± 1.198

5.51 ± 1.55

% (people)

RAPA 1**

Sedentary

–

26.5 (35)

47.9 (34)

–

2.3 (5)

Underactive

–

7.6 (10)

38 (27)

–

9.5 (21)

Underactive regular light activities

–

50.8 (67)

9.9 (7)

–

21.6 (48)

Underactive regular

–

3 (4)

1.4 (1)

–

0.9 (2)

Active

–

12.1 (16)

2.8 (2)

–

65.8 (146)

% (people)

RAPA 2***

Activity to improve strength

–

77.3 (102)

16.9 (12)

–

5.4 (12)

Activity to improve flexibility

–

0.8 (1)

4.2 (3)

–

23 (51)

Both (strength and flexibility activity)

–

18.9 (25)

0 (0)

–

21.2 (47)

No Activity to improve muscle strength or flexibility

–

3 (4)

78.9 (56)

–

50.5 (112)