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Categorical weekly physical activity indicator

Source: R/exercise.R
categorize_minperweek.Rd

This function categorizes individuals' weekly physical activity levels based on a threshold value.

Usage

categorize_minperweek(minperweek)

Arguments

minperweek

numeric A numeric representing an individual's minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per week.

Value

integer A categorical indicating the physical activity category:

  • 1: Meets or exceeds the recommended 150 minutes of MVPA per week (minperweek >= 150)

  • 2: Below the recommended 150 minutes of MVPA per week (minperweek < 150)

  • haven::tagged_na("a"): Not applicable

  • haven::tagged_na("b"): Missing

Details

This function applies the national physical activity guideline of 150 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per week.

     **Missing Data Codes:**
     - Propagates tagged NAs from the input `minperweek`.

See also

minperday_to_minperweek()

Examples

# Scalar usage: Single respondent
# Example 1: Categorize 180 minutes of MVPA per week as meeting the recommendation
categorize_minperweek(180)
#> [1] 1
# Output: 1

# Example 2: Categorize 120 minutes of MVPA per week as below the recommendation
categorize_minperweek(120)
#> [1] 2
# Output: 2

# Multiple respondents
categorize_minperweek(c(180, 120, 150))
#> [1] 1 2 1
# Returns: c(1, 2, 1)

# Database usage: Applied to survey datasets
library(dplyr)
# dataset %>%
#   mutate(pa_category = categorize_minperweek(min_per_week))