A comparison of work-related physical activity levels between inpatient and outpatient physical therapists: an observational cohort trial

Brewer, Wayne; Ogbazi, Raluchukwu; Ohl, Devan; Daniels, Jeffry; Ortiz, Alexis

doi:10.1186/s13104-016-2119-y

Table 1 Physical activity comparison between inpatient and outpatient physical therapists

From: A comparison of work-related physical activity levels between inpatient and outpatient physical therapists: an observational cohort trial

Variable	Setting	Mean [SD]	Mean difference [95 % Confidence Interval] p value
Age (years)	Inpatient	32.30 [9.01]	1.66 [−2.17, 5.48]
Age (years)	Outpatient	30.65 [5.55]	NS
Bodyweight (kg)	Inpatient	67.27 [14.06]	−10.66 [−17.96, −3.36]
Bodyweight (kg)	Outpatient	77.93 [14.42]	**
Height (cm)	Inpatient	64.43 [2.42]	−3.03 [−4.65, −1.42]
Height (cm)	Outpatient	67.47 [3.70]	***
BMI (kg/m²)	Inpatient	25.14 [5.67]	−1.07 [−3.54, 1.40]
BMI (kg/m²)	Outpatient	26.21 [3.65]	*
Gender	Inpatient	(90 % female, 10 % male)	***
Gender	Outpatient	(35.5 % female, 64.5 % male)	***
Steps-per-day	Inpatient	4475.17 [1464.71]	1280.16 [563.08, 1997.28]
Steps-per-day	Outpatient	3195.01 [1333.10]	***
Average kcals-per-day	Inpatient	131.71 [97.58]	−22.60 [−73.55, 28.35]
Average kcals-per-day	Outpatient	154.31 [101.17]	NS
Percentage of sedentary time spent per day	Inpatient	73.79 [7.39]	4.60 [0.40, 8.79]
Percentage of sedentary time spent per day	Outpatient	69.19 [8.89]	*
Percentage of light time spent per day	Inpatient	20.54 [6.07]	−2.57 [−5.99, 0.84]
Percentage of light time spent per day	Outpatient	23.11 [7.19]	NS
Percentage of moderate-vigorous time spent per day	Inpatient	5.67 [2.44]	−2.02 [−4.20, 0.15]
Percentage of moderate-vigorous time spent per day	Outpatient	7.70 [5.44]	NS
Percentage of time spent sitting per day	Inpatient	48.56 [10.28]	9.7 [3.57, 16.01]
Percentage of time spent sitting per day	Outpatient	38.76 [13.26]	***
Percentage of time spent standing per day	Inpatient	46.05 [11.70]	−7.79 [−14.91, −0.67]
Percentage of time spent standing per day	Outpatient	53.84 [15.25]	*
Percentage of time spent lying per day	Inpatient	5.39 [6.68]	−2.00 [−7.39, 3.38]
Percentage of time spent lying per day	Outpatient	7.39 [13]	NS
Daily Average of Sedentary Bouts	Inpatient	151.99 [165.80]	50.06 [−29.43, 129.56]
Daily Average of Sedentary Bouts	Outpatient	101.93 [144.05]	NS
Average Length of Sedentary Bouts (sec)	Inpatient	30.57 [73.62]	11.21 [−16.42, 38.84]
Average Length of Sedentary Bouts (sec)	Outpatient	19.36 [21.85]	NS
Daily Average of Sedentary Breaks (sec)	Inpatient	1277.24 [439.49]	−453.42 [−746.86, −159.97]
Daily Average of Sedentary Breaks (sec)	Outpatient	1730.65 [676.85]	***
Average length of Sedentary Breaks (sec)	Inpatient	239.08 [170.89]	−202.72 [316.38, −89.06]
Average length of Sedentary Breaks (sec)	Outpatient	441.80 [261.76]	***

* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001

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