Table 3 Work day sedentary behavior data collected using the ActivPAL3 (mean, SD)
From: Subjective and objective assessment of sedentary behavior among college employees
Work day | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | Admin | Faculty | Staff | p-value* | |
Valid days | 4.1 (1.0) | 4.3 (0.9) | 4.4 (0.9) | 3.9 (1.0) | 0.206 |
Wear time (hrs/day) | 8.0 (8.0) | 8.2 (1.2) | 7.6 (1.6) | 8.2 (0.8) | 0.079 |
Sedentary time (%) | 57.0 (15.7) | 60.8 (15.3) | 53.2 (11.5) | 57.3 (17.9) | 0.251 |
Sedentary time (mins) | 275.6 (90.0) | 299.3 (85.9) | 240.4 (72.4) | 284.9 (97.4) | 0.054 |
Standing (%) | 31.7 (14.7) | 29.2 (15.0) | 33.2 (10.1) | 32.2 (17.1) | 0.625 |
Standing (mins) | 151.7 (70.8) | 143.0 (72.8) | 151.0 (55.5) | 157.1 (79.1) | 0.761 |
Stepping (%) | 11.3 (5.6) | 10.0 (5.4) | 13.6 (6.9) | 10.5 (4.5) | 0.046 |
Stepping (mins) | 54.0 (26.6) | 48.8 (24.1) | 62.6 (34.0) | 51.5 (21.5) | 0.148 |
Total steps | 4684.8 (2361.0) | 4443.3 (2369.4) | 5162.6 (2769.1) | 4514.8 (2076.1) | 0.488 |
Number of SB bouts/SB hour | 5.8 (2.6) | 4.9a (2.1) | 5.2b (1.9) | 6.7a,b (3.0) | 0.011 |
Average length of sedentary bout (mins) | 13.9 (8.2) | 14.8 (6.0) | 15.3 (9.6) | 12.6 (8.3) | 0.387 |