activpalProcessing (version 1.0.2)

guideline.bouts.num: Estimate the Number of Bouts of Activity that Qualify Towards Meeting the Physical Activity Guidelines

Description

This function calculates the number of guideline bouts (bouts of MVPA (>=3 METs) that last at least 10 min. Allows for 20 percent of time below 3 METs i.e. if bout is 10 min long, 2 min can be

Usage

guideline.bouts.num(mets)

Arguments

mets

mets is a second-by-second numeric vector

Value

numeric value indicating the number of guideline bouts

See Also

guideline.bouts.min

Examples

data(second.by.second)
mets <- second.by.second.data$mets	

guideline.bouts.num(mets)

# summarize by date
tapply(second.by.second.data$mets, second.by.second.data$date, guideline.bouts.num)