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. 2021 Jul 15;8:179. doi: 10.1038/s41597-021-00971-2

Table 1.

Descriptives per condition.

Time slot Day Start End Walking direction Supplementary intervention SDS setting N Duration (min)
1 28-Aug 08:00 11:30 Bidirectional No SDS
2 28-Aug 13:30 15:30 Bidirectional Facemask No feedbacka 130 120
3 28-Aug 15:30 17:30 Bidirectional None No feedbacka 137 120
4 28-Aug 17:30 19:30 Bidirectional Buzzer Buzzer after 2 sec 122 120
5 29-Aug 11:00 13:30 Unidirectional No SDS
6 29-Aug 13:30 15:30 Unidirectional None No feedbacka 147 120
7 29-Aug 16:00 18:00 Unidirectional Buzzer Buzzer immediately, stops after 2 sec 137 120
8 30-Aug 11:00 13:30 No direction No SDS
9 30-Aug 13:30 15:30 No direction Buzzer Buzzer immediately, stops after 2 sec 123 120
10 30-Aug 15:30 16:30 No direction Buzzer Buzzer immediately, persists after 2 sec 146 60
11 30-Aug 17:00 18:00 No direction None No feedbacka 102 60

We implemented experimental conditions in eight time slots (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 11). Some of these time slots contained only walking directions (Supplementary intervention = None), while others contained both walking directions and a supplementary intervention. SDSs were not handed out during the remaining time slots (1, 5, and 8). Six experimental conditions lasted two hours, while two lasted one hour. Except in the buzzer conditions, the SDS was covered in a black bag so the flashing light was invisible. Note that the sum of the number of visitors across conditions differs from the reported n = 639 visitors who wore an SDS, because some people stayed inside the art fair during multiple conditions.

aThe SDS requires to always select at least one form of feedback (light, buzzer, sound). In conditions during which the SDS should not provide feedback (face mask, no supplementary intervention), we set the settings to light, and provided black bags to cover the SDS, such that no feedback was received.