Journal of Clinical Medicine Research, ISSN 1918-3003 print, 1918-3011 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 10, Number 1, January 2018, pages 50-55


Predictors of Achieving Recommended Daily Physical Activity Among Anesthesiologists at a Large Tertiary Care Academic Center

Tables

Table 1. Subject Characteristics
 
Junior residents (n = 15)Senior residents (n = 14)Attendings (n = 14)P value
BMI: body mass index. All values are mean ± standard deviation or number (percent). *Significance between attendings versus junior and senior residents. #Significance between attendings versus junior residents.
Age (years)29 ± 232 ± 444 ± 9< 0.0001*
BMI (kg/m2)21 ± 324 ± 325 ± 30.02#
Male gender, n (%)3 (20)8 (57)5 (36)0.09
Average cases per day2.7 ± 0.72.5 ± 0.64.9 ± 1.2< 0.00001*
Operating room location, days (%)
  Neurosurgery14 (19)14 (21)4 (6)
  Ambulatory surgery24 (32)2 (3)18 (26.5)
 General surgery13 (17)19 (29)19 (28.5)
 Thoracic surgery10 (13)13 (20)5 (7)
 Orthopedic surgery14 (19)9 (14)22 (32)
 Vascular surgery0 (0)8 (12)0 (0)
 Cardiac surgery0 (0)1 (1)0 (0)

 

Table 2. Results
 
Junior residents (n = 15)Senior residents (n = 14)Attendings (n = 14)P value
PA: physical activity; MET: metabolic equivalent of task; HEPA: health-enhancing physical activity. All values are mean ± standard deviation or number (percent). *Significance between attendings versus junior and senior residents. §Significance between senior residents versus attendings and junior residents.
At work
  Average steps per day5,710 ± 1,5135,153 ± 9055,953 ± 1,2130.2
  Average steps per case2,261 ± 9632,189 ± 7661,275 ± 4250.002*
Outside of work
  Vigorous PA, MET-minutes per week779 ± 7511,422 ± 1,182969 ± 13950.3
  Moderate PA, MET-minute per week272 ± 309875 ± 658292 ± 4610.004§
  Walking, MET-minutes per week737 ± 6791,294 ± 1,477913 ± 7780.4
  Total PA, MET-minutes per week1,788 ± 1,0893,592 ± 1,6262,104 ± 1,5940.005§
  Level 3, HEPA active, n (%)4 (27)11 (78.5)3 (21)0.002§
  Converted PA, steps per day7,739 ± 4,71215,548 ± 7,0389,110 ± 6,9000.005§
Total
  Total steps per day13,449 ± 4,67520,823 ± 7,00115,197 ± 6,7150.009§