OBJECTIVES: The RM42 is a triaxial hip-worn accelerometer, suitable to measure physical activity (PA) level, movements, sitting time and sleeping quality. We aimed to test the tool on Hungarian sample and present the preliminary data of the EUPASMOS project.

METHODS: The study comprised 546 participating adults (228 males and 318 females), during February-May 2019 using quota sampling by age and gender representing the Hungarian adult population. PA was measured by RM 42 for 7 consecutive days. Data were presented as median (IQR), using SPSS 24, where level of significance was set at p<0.05. Mann-Whitney U Test and Kruskal Wallis Test were used.

RESULTS: Females took 5926 (4808-7506), males 6869 (4760-10067) steps daily. Respondents spent 8.33 to 8.50 hours [M 500.00 (432.25-555.00), F 510.00 (440.00-598.50) min/day] sedentary per day, 10.50 to 12.25 hours [F 630 (420-903), M 735 (599-1130) min/week] with standing and 5.25-7.58 hours [M 315 (210-432), F 455 (147-588) min/week] with moderate PA (MPA) per week. Light PA was more characteristic with 28 weekly hours [F 1673 (1480-1960), M 1663 (1437-1901) min/week]. Vigorous PA (VPA) could be only described in the 18-35 male [7.00; (0.00-36.75) min/week] and 35-49 female [14.00; (0.00-49.00) min/week] age group. Significant gender difference was found between steps and sitting (p=0.022, p=0.033 respectively). The level of LPA, MVPA and VPA and the number of steps as well significantly decreased with age (p=0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001 respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: The first Hungarian examination using RM42 could be considered successful. More accurate description on light PA could be given. Low level of VPA can be explained by the lack of sport, which requires interventions. However, a population-based representative study is needed to confirm this assumption.