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Table 2 Duration of different types of activity during the morning, afternoon, evening and night (N = 79)

From: Physical activity in the morning and afternoon is lower in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with morning symptoms

Activity

Total duration in mean min (SD)

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Night

Active timea

85.5 (39.7)

112.4 (42.3)

57.2 (34.1)

8.8 (10.1)

 Standing

54.9 (25.4)

67.8 (25.5)

38.7 (25.9)

6.1 (7.4)

 Shuffling

8.7 (5.4)

11.6 (6.7)

5.2 (4.1)

0.8 (1.0)

 Walking

22.0 (15.1)

33.0 (20.0)

13.2 (9.8)

1.9 (2.4)

Inactive timeb

271.6 (39.7)

246.7 (42.0)

302.0 (34.1)

351.1 (10.1)

 Lying

150.6 (63.9)

42.9 (45.8)

105.7 (78.5)

327.3 (51.2)

 Sitting

120.9 (44.7)

203.8 (45.6)

196.3 (72.4)

23.8 (43.3)

Not worn

2.9 (4.7)

1.0 (1.8)

0.9 (2.2)

0.2 (0.7)

  1. aActive: standing, shuffling and walking combined
  2. binactive: lying and sitting combined. SD: standard deviation