Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of included patients.
Table 2.
METs*minutes and Energy Expenditure values measured by two activity diaries and an Activity monitor in 16 stroke patients.
Table 3.
Spearman Rank Correlations between Patient's diary versus Researcher's Diary and versus Activity monitor in 16 stroke patients for physical activity (METs*minutes) and energy expenditure.
Figure 1.
Comparing total Mets*minutes in 16 stroke patients: observational diary versus patient diary.
Total Mets*minutes of observer activity diary was compared with diary of stroke patients. Broken horizontal lines represent percentiles 25 and 75, bold solid lines represent the median value of difference. Data analysis showed a good level of agreement between both diaries, data points clustering around zero (Median = 85.50; P25 = 3.00; P75 = 141.75). An underestimation of total METs*minutes for all patients is noted in comparison with the patient's diary. Visual inspection revealed no systematic bias.
Figure 2.
Comparing total Mets*minutes in 16 stroke patients: activity monitor versus patient diary.
Total Mets*minutes of activity monitor was compared with diary of stroke patients. Broken horizontal lines represent percentiles 25 and 75, bold solid lines represent the median value of difference. Data analysis showed no good level of agreement between patient diary and the activity monitor (Median = 352.24; P25 = 242.44; P75 = 601.46). Visual inspection revealed no systematic bias.
Figure 3.
Comparing energy expenditure in 16 stroke patients: observational diary versus patient diary.
Energy expenditure (kcal/12 h) of observer activity diary was compared with diary of stroke patients. Broken horizontal lines represent percentiles 25 and 75 value, bold solid lines represent the median value of difference. Data analysis showed good agreement between both diaries (Median = 91.90; P25 = 2.57; P75 = 194.51). Most data are clustered around the zero point.
Figure 4.
Comparing energy expenditure in 16 stroke patients: activity monitor versus patient diary.
Energy expenditure (kcal/12 h) of observer activity diary was compared with diary of stroke patients. Broken horizontal lines represent percentiles 25 and 75 value, bold solid lines represent the median value of difference. The activity monitor is underestimating data for all patients in comparison to the diary filled in by the patient (Median = 507.27; P25 = 301.05; P75 = 804.44).