Table 3.

Description of Dog Walkers’ Physical Activity (PA) Reported in the Studies

Author, year	Weekly time spent walking the dog	Total weekly walking time	Total weekly PA
Bauman, 2001	M = 0.95 (95%CI, 0.77–1.13) hrs (57 min)/wk	2.0 (95%CI, 1.8–2.2) hrs (120 min)/wk	M = 3.5 (95%CI, 3.1–3.8) hrs/wk (210 min/wk)
Coleman, 2008	Not specified	Not specified	M = 35 (SE, 24) min/day (245 min/wk)
Cutt, 2008	M = 133.8 (SD, 112.8) min/wk	M = 180.1 (SD, 161.4) min/wk	M = 356.5 (SD, 326.5) min/wk
Hoerster, 2011	M = 186.3 (SD, 7.4) min/wk	Not specified	M = 355.4 (SD, 378.5) min/wk
Lentino, 2012	Volume of 300 min/wk	Not specified	M = 4805.49 (MET min/wk)
Oka, 2012	M = 214.1 (SD, 189.5) min/wk	M = 252.2 (SE, 11.4) min/wk	M = 409.8 (SE, 19.1) min/wk
Reeves, 2011	Median = 85 (IQR, 37 to 173) min/wk	Median = 132 (IQR, 57–240)	At least 150 min/wk
Schofield, 2005	Modal = 30 min/day for 7 days/wk	M = 114.9 (SD, 197.9) min/wk	M = 334.8 (SD, 408.6) min/wk
Thorpe, 2006	M = 7 times per week (min not specified)	Not specified	At least 150 min/wk

Abbreviations: M, mean; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error; IQR, interquartile range; CI, confidence interval; MET, metabolic equivalent.