Table 5.
Questionnaire-based employees’ physical activity (PA), sitting and daily breaks from sitting at baseline and at 1-year follow-up
| Variables | Baseline | 1-year follow-up | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 296 | N = 205 | N = 186 | ||
| %-units | 95% CI | |||
| Weekly leisure PA, mean (SD) | ||||
| • Total minutes | 240 (222) | 243 (248) | 16 | −67 to 98 |
| • Light minutes | 87 (145) | 107 (195) | 18 | −51 to 87 |
| • Moderate minutes | 98 (145) | 95 (132) | −8 | −45 to 30 |
| • Vigorous minutes | 50 (81) | 37 (58) | −4 | −24 to16 |
| • Muscle or balance training minutes | 69 (105) | 66 (87) | −21 | −50 to 9 |
| Daily sitting, mean (SD) | ||||
| • Total minutes | 509 (142) | 461 (159) | −16 | −29 to −3 |
| • Minutes at work | 305 (140) | 275 (146) | −22 | −41 to −3 |
| • Minutes in transportation | 41 (41) | 38 (40) | −13 | −44 to 18 |
| • Minutes during leisureb | 163 (89) | 149 (79) | −5 | −26 to 16 |
| Daily breaks in sitting at work, N (%) | ||||
| • Possibility to break sitting | 218 (75) | 149 (75) | 1 | −5 to 6 |
| • Break once in half an hour | 54 (19) | 38 (19) | 3 | −4 to 10 |
| • Break once in an hour | 114 (39) | 85 (43) | 2 | −7 to 11 |
| Active work-commuting, N (%) | ||||
| • Walking or cycling | 98 (33) | 62 (30) | −6 | −11 to −2 |
Change from baseline to follow-up in percentage points (%-points) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI)a
aWald Confidence Interval for a difference of proportions with matched pairs
bTV, video, computer, other