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Changes in Patient Step Counts (N = 37)
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Baseline Week
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Final Week
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p value
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Average total daily steps
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4520 ± 309
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6013 ± 443
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p = 0.0002
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Average daily aerobic steps
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406 ± 137
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1114 ± 218
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p = 0.0026
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Minutes of aerobic walking/week a
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27.0 ± 8.8
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71.7 ± 14.7
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p = 0.0054
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Patient Satisfaction
b
(N = 34)
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Mean (SD)
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Agree or strongly agree
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SUH is useful
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4.6 (0.7)
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94.1%
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SUH increases the amount I walk
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4.6 (0.9)
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85.3%
| |
|
SUH is easy to use
|
4.7 (0.6)
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94.1%
| |
|
I like working with SUH
|
4.6 (0.7)
|
88.2%
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a Aerobic minutes of ambulatory activity are recorded by the Omron HJ-720-ITC pedometer. According to the criteria, data are recorded when an individual continuously engages in continuous movement such as walking, jogging, or running at a rate of 60+ steps per minute, involves no more than a 60-second pause, and lasts at least 10 minutes in duration.
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b Satisfaction scores are based on a 5-item Likert scale where 5 = strongly agree and 1 = strongly disagree.
