Table 6 Accelerometer-based employees’ physical activity (PA) and sitting during a working day (working time + leisure time) at baseline and 1-year follow-up in mean minutes (\( \overset{-}{x} \)) and their standard deviations (SD) and change from baseline to 1-year follow-upa in mean minutes (\( \overset{-}{x} \))b and percentages of wear-time (% wear-time) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI)
PA and sitting | Baseline (N = 266) | 1-year follow-up (N = 175) | Change in mean minutes | Change in % wear-time | ||||
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\( \overset{-}{x} \) (SD) | % wear-time (SD) | \( \overset{-}{x} \) (SD) | % wear-time (SD) | \( \overset{-}{x} \) | 95% CI | % wear-time | 95% CI | |
Working time | ||||||||
PA | ||||||||
• Total minutes | 110.7 (74.4) | 22.5 (14.3) | 115.5 (73.6) | 23.9 (14.2) | 33.7 | 15.3 to 52.1 | 6.8 | 3.1 to 10.4 |
• Number of steps | 3802 (2377) | - | 3968 (2354) | - | 673 | 209 to 1139 | - | - |
• Light minutes | 89.7 (62.2) | 18.2 (12.2) | 92.3 (59.3) | 19.2 (11.6) | 30.9 | 15.3 to 46.5 | 6.1 | 2.9 to 9.2 |
• Moderate-to-vigorous minutes | 21.0 (17.8) | 4.2 (3.4) | 23.2 (20.9) | 4.8 (4.0) | 4.1 | −1.5 to 9.6 | 0.9 | −0.2 to 2.0 |
Sitting (+ lying in reclined posture) | ||||||||
• Total minutes | 298.5 (81.3) | 61.9 (16.6) | 271.3 (79.2) | 57.5 (16.7) | −44.9 | −68.0 to −21.8 | −7.6 | −11.9 to −3.2 |
Breaks from sitting | ||||||||
• Number of breaks | 24.1 (9.5) | - | 22.5 (8.8) | - | −0.2 | −3.0 to 3.4 | - | - |
Leisure time | ||||||||
PA | ||||||||
• Total minutes | 126.6 (41.7) | 30.9 (9.0) | 120.5 (36.4) | 28.8 (7.9) | −11.0 | −24.9 to 2.9 | −3.2 | −6.2 to −0.2 |
• Number of steps | 4952 (2830) | - | 4817 (2642) | - | −534 | −1565 to 496 | ||
• Light minutes | 97.0 (32.8) | 23.6 (6.9) | 92.0 (29.4) | 21.9 (5.9) | −8.1 | −19.3 to 3.1 | −2.4 | −4.8 to 0.0 |
• Moderate-to-vigorous minutes | 29.6 (20.2) | 7.2 (5.0) | 28.5 (18.3) | 6.9 (4.7) | −2.7 | −9.4 to 4.0 | −0.5 | −1.9 to 1.0 |
Sitting (+ lying in reclined posture) | 246.9 (75.7) | 59.3 (10.6) | 255.9 (74.9) | 60.1 (9.3) | 12.4 | −7.2 to 32.0 | 1.5 | −2.1 to 5.1 |
Total PA (working + leisure time) | 237.3 (80.7) | 26.4 (8.8) | 236.0 (76.1) | 26.4 (8.7) | 24.0 | 4.6 to 43.3 | 2.4 | 1.2 to 3.7 |