Table 3 Classification of activities and their intensities

Type of Activities

Physically

Mentally

Socially

A

Sleeping

L1

L1

L1

B

Personal care: taking a bath, brushing teeth, self-care etc.

L1

L1

L1

C

Eating and drinking at house

L1

L1

M1

D

Relaxing activities, such as watching tv, listening to radio, listening to music, reading newspaper/magazine/comic etc., browsing internet etc.

L1

L1

L1

E

Social and family activities, such as chatting with other family members/friends in person or via phone, walking/biking with other family members/friends, visiting relatives/friends, weekly praying etc.

M2

M2

H2

F

Household activities, such as house cleaning, cooking, baking a cake, washing clothes/dishes, ironing, prepare a drink, etc.

M1

M1

L1

G

Babysitting activities, including playing together and feeding your children

H1

H1

M1

H

Indoor working activities, such as working at office desk, doing indoor research or experiment in laboratory, “meeting” with clients at phone, etc.

M2

H2

M2

I

Driving vehicle to other places

L2

H2

L2

J

Outdoor working activities, such as operating machine or heavy vehicle at outdoor environment, outdoor inspection and other related activities

H2

H2

M2

K

Sales activities from door to door, delivery and purchasing related activities

H2

H2

H2

L

Indoor school activities

M2

M2

M2

M

Outdoor school activities, including visiting zoo/museum/park, camping, and other related activities

H2

H2

H2

N

Eating and drinking outside home

L2

M2

H2

O

Shopping activities, including both local grocery shopping and shopping at a shopping centre

M2

M2

M2

P

Participating in organization/volunteer/political activities, such as boy scout and youth/political/religious meeting activities

H2

H2

H2

R

Sport activities

H2

H2

H2

S

Maintenance activities, including going to hospital/health centre/medical doctor, bank and post office

M2

H2

H2

T

Pick up and drop off children/other family members/friends/business partner and others

M2

M2

H2

U

Holiday (away trip)

M2

M2

M2

V

Waiting for public transport

L2

L2

L2

Level of intensity

Physical

Mental

Social

Low

not require any specific physical engagement

not require any in-purpose thinking

not involve any specific intension to interact with others

Medium

activities with some physical engagements

need to be aware/alert of surrounding, but not in intense manner

involve activity that somewhat require interactions with others

High

require intense physical engagements

need always to be alert (on-guard) and/or at intensive thinking

involve intense interaction activities with others