Research Article

The Feasibility of Reducing and Measuring Sedentary Time among Overweight, Non-Exercising Office Workers

Table 1

ActivPAL outcome measures pre- and postintervention.

All daysWeekdayWeekend
Baseline periodIntervention periodBaseline periodIntervention periodBaseline periodIntervention period

% Sedentary 6 7 . 0 ± 1 3 . 3 6 2 . 7 ± 1 1 . 9 6 9 . 4 ± 1 1 . 1 6 5 . 6 ± 9 . 5 6 1 . 0 ± 1 6 . 3 5 5 . 9 ± 1 4 . 2
% Standing 2 3 . 2 ± 9 . 7 2 5 . 6 ± 9 . 7 2 1 . 4 ± 8 . 3 2 3 . 3 ± 8 . 0 2 7 . 5 ± 1 1 . 6 3 1 . 0 ± 1 1 . 4
% Stepping 9 . 8 ± 5 . 0 1 1 . 7 ± 4 . 3 9 . 1 ± 4 . 0 1 1 . 1 ± 3 . 7 1 1 . 5 ± 6 . 7 1 3 . 1 ± 5 . 2
Breaks per day 5 3 . 2 ± 2 1 . 0 4 9 . 2 ± 1 7 . 1 5 6 . 2 ± 2 2 . 4 5 3 . 6 ± 1 7 . 3 4 6 . 0 ± 1 5 . 4 3 8 . 6 ± 1 1 . 4
Steps per day 6 4 1 7 ± 3 3 6 6 8 1 6 7 ± 3 6 0 0 6 1 2 1 ± 2 4 9 5 8 1 3 3 ± 3 1 0 1 7 1 3 2 ± 4 8 7 1 8 2 4 7 ± 4 6 5 0
Daily wear time (hrs) 1 4 . 1 ± 1 . 9 1 4 . 1 ± 2 . 0 1 4 . 1 ± 1 . 9 8 1 4 . 3 ± 2 . 0 1 4 ± 1 . 7 1 3 . 7 ± 2 . 1

Note: % Sedentary, % Standing, and % Stepping expressed as percent of wear time (e.g., (total sedentary time/wear time)*100).
Data includes 14 participants with valid data during both the baseline and intervention period.
Significantly different from weekdays during baseline period.
*Significantly different in intervention condition compared to baseline condition ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ).