Research Article

Association between Sedentary Behaviour and Physical, Cognitive, and Psychosocial Status among Older Adults in Assisted Living

Table 4

Associations between categorical variables of sex and use of mobility aid with accelerometry-derived measures of sedentary behaviour.

Accelerometer-derived variableSexUse of mobility aid
Men 
()
Women 
()
pNo 
()
Yes 
()
p

Percent of waking time spent in sedentary behaviour92.0 (8.0)86.4 (7.8)83.0 (11.2)87.7 (8.3)
Average number of sedentary bouts per day41.2 (35.3)52.7 (22.1)60.9 (25.0)47.4 (22.3)
Average duration in minutes of sedentary bouts17.1 (38.4)12.3 (7.8)10.9 (6.3)13.8 (8.2)

Notes. (1) level, level.