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Table 4 Baseline total and intensity-specific levels of accelerometer-measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) of women undergoing RYGB Surgery

From: A dissonance-based intervention for women post roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery aiming at improving quality of life and physical activity 24 months after surgery: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Characteristic

Intervention (n = 97a)

Mean (SD)

Control (n = 58a)

Mean (SD)

p-value

Wear time: nr of days (≥10 h/day)

6.6 (1.1)

6.9 (1.4)

0.169

Wear time: hours/day

14.4 (1.2)

14.3 (1.1)

0.369

Total PA (cpm)

576.6 (179.3)

621.2 (230.1)

0.342

Moderate to vigorous PA (min/day)

28.8 (17.4)

28.8 (22.4)

0.579

Light PA (min/day)

369.4 (88.1)

380.2 (78.1)

0.518

SB (min/day)

465.1 (98.0)

447.0 (104.1)

0.399

  1. a59 participants in the intervention group and 45 participants in the control group declined to wear an accelerometer or the timing for wearing an accelerometer were too close to their surgery date