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Table 4 Descriptive statistics for the evening questionnaire data for each participant pre- and post-retirementa

From: Changes in physical activity during the retirement transition: a series of novel n-of-1 natural experiments

Participant

PA facilitation

PA conflict

PA personalisedb

1

Pre

0.6 (0.0,0.8)

0.4 (0.2,0.8)

0.2 (0.0,0.6)

Post

0.7 (0.1,0.9)

0.3 (0.2,0.9)

0.0 (0.0,0.2)

2

Pre

0.6 (0.0,1.0)

0.5 (0.0,1.0)

0.7 (0.1,1.0)

Post

0.7 (0.1,1.0)

0.5 (0.1,0.9)

0.7 (0.1,0.9)

3

Pre

0.3 (0.0,1.0)

0.8 (0.0,1.0)

1.0 (0.2,1.0)

Post

0.3 (0.0,1.0)

0.8 (0.0,1.0)

1.0 (0.4,1.0)

4

Pre

0.4 (0.0,1.0)

0.6 (0.0,1.0)

0.4 (0.0,1.0)

Post

0.5 (0.0,0.9)

0.2 (0.0,0.9)

0.3 (0.0,0.9)

5

Pre

0.5 (0.2,0.9)

0.8 (0.2,1.0)

0.1 (0.0,0.9)

Post

0.6 (0.2,1.0)

0.4 (0.0,0.9)

0.7 (0.0,0.9)

6

Pre

0.0 (0.0,0.8)

1.0 (0.3,1.0)

0.8 (0.1,1.0)

Post

0.3 (0.0,1.0)

0.5 (0.0,1.0)

0.6 (0.0,0.8)

7

Pre

0.2 (0.1,0.8)

0.7 (0.2,1.0)

0.5 (0.0,1.0)

Post

0.3 (0.0,0.8)

0.5 (0.0,0.9)

0.2 (0.0,1.0)

  1. aReporting: median (range). These questions were asked at the end of the day in reference to that day
  2. bParticipant 1 answered ‘How much did your husband influence your PA today?’ Participant 2, 4, 6 and 7 answered ‘To what extent did other people influence your PA today?’ Participant 3 answered ‘How would you rate your asthma symptoms today?’ Participant 5 ‘How did seeing your partner today affect how much PA you did?’