Table 4 Changes in mean daily step count (Fitbit® data) and self-reported physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (IPAQ-assessed) – all participants
From: The Physical Activity Wearables in the Police Force (PAW-Force) study: acceptability and impact
Outcome | Mean change from baseline (week 0) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mid-intervention (end of individual phase, week 6) | Post-intervention (end of social phase, week 12) | Follow-up (month 8) | |||||||
Mean change (SD) n = number of observations | 95% CI | p-value | Mean change (SD) n = number of observations | 95% CI | p-value | Mean change (SD) n = number of observations | 95% CI | p-value | |
Mean daily steps | − 214 (2830) n = 118 | − 730 to 302 | 0.413 | 78 (2599) n = 114 | − 404 to 561 | 0.748 | −888 (2956) n = 87 | −1518 to −258 | 0.006* |
Total PA (minutes/week) | 27.8 (107.1) n = 157 | 10.9 to 44.7 | 0.001 | 22.7 (111.2) n = 151 | 4.8 to 40.6 | 0.013 | 18.6 (113.0) n = 143 | −0.1 to 37.2 | 0.052 |
Total PA (MET-minutes/week) | 460.3 (2467.5) n = 157 | 71.3 to 849.3 | 0.021 | 465.4 (2230.9) n = 151 | 106.7 to 824.1 | 0.011 | 317.7 (2522.0) n = 143 | −99.2 to 734.6 | 0.134 |
MVPA (MET-minutes/week) | 271.9 (1685.1) n = 157 | 6.3 to 537.6 | 0.045 | 402.9 (1698.0) n = 151 | 129.9 to 676.0 | 0.004 | 420.5 (2202.6) n = 143 | 56.4 to 784.6 | 0.024 |
Sedentary time (hours on a typical weekday) | −0.12 (3.36) n = 157 | −0.65 to 0.41 | 0.651 | −0.03 (3.45) n = 151 | −0.59 to 0.52 | 0.906 | −0.24 (2.99) n = 143 | −0.73 to 0.26 | 0.344 |