Occupational Sitting Time, Job Productivity and Related Work Loss in Spanish University Employees

Puig‐Ribera, Anna; Martínez-Lemos, Iván; Giné-Garriga, María; Fortuño, Jesús; González-Suárez, Angel M.; Bort-Roig, Judit; Gilson, Nicholas D.

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“…Physical activity (PA) levels were measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form [ 25 ]. A total of 704 employees completed the survey [ 26 ]. Those employees with low and moderate PA levels (0 to 3,000 MET·min·wk -1 ) were invited to participate in the intervention by email or phone calls (n = 345, 62%).…”

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Patterns of Impact Resulting from a ‘Sit Less, Move More’ Web-Based Program in Sedentary Office Employees

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PurposeEncouraging office workers to ‘sit less and move more’ encompasses two public health priorities. However, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of workplace interventions for reducing sitting, even less about the longer term effects of such interventions and still less on dual-focused interventions. This study assessed the short and mid-term impacts of a workplace web-based intervention (Walk@WorkSpain, W@WS; 2010-11) on self-reported sitting time, step counts and physical risk factors (waist circumference, BMI, blood pressure) for chronic disease.MethodsEmployees at six Spanish university campuses (n=264; 42±10 years; 171 female) were randomly assigned by worksite and campus to an Intervention (used W@WS; n=129; 87 female) or a Comparison group (maintained normal behavior; n=135; 84 female). This phased, 19-week program aimed to decrease occupational sitting time through increased incidental movement and short walks. A linear mixed model assessed changes in outcome measures between the baseline, ramping (8 weeks), maintenance (11 weeks) and follow-up (two months) phases for Intervention versus Comparison groups.ResultsA significant 2 (group) × 2 (program phases) interaction was found for self-reported occupational sitting (F[3]=7.97, p=0.046), daily step counts (F[3]=15.68, p=0.0013) and waist circumference (F[3]=11.67, p=0.0086). The Intervention group decreased minutes of daily occupational sitting while also increasing step counts from baseline (446±126; 8,862±2,475) through ramping (+425±120; 9,345±2,435), maintenance (+422±123; 9,638±3,131) and follow-up (+414±129; 9,786±3,205). In the Comparison group, compared to baseline (404±106), sitting time remained unchanged through ramping and maintenance, but decreased at follow-up (-388±120), while step counts diminished across all phases. The Intervention group significantly reduced waist circumference by 2.1cms from baseline to follow-up while the Comparison group reduced waist circumference by 1.3cms over the same period.ConclusionsW@WS is a feasible and effective evidence-based intervention that can be successfully deployed with sedentary employees to elicit sustained changes on “sitting less and moving more”.

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Patterns of Impact Resulting from a ‘Sit Less, Move More’ Web-Based Program in Sedentary Office Employees

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“…However, in the 2012 review by Healy et al (131), none of the interventions appeared to utilise organisational-level strategies (such as manager support), or these strategies were not reported in the articles. A 2016 Cochrane review by Shrestha and colleagues (209) identified two papers as 'policy-based' walking interventions (196,212) but did not discuss the organisational-level strategies necessary to make these policy changes, and did not discuss the multi-component interventions in the review that also incorporated organisational-level strategies. The remaining reviews (conducted in 2013, 2014 and 2015) did not discuss or identify organisational-level strategies, even though the reviews included studies that targeted this approach (1,210,211).…”

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“…Other common strategies used by participants in Stand Up Lendlease were a range of incidental standing and walking strategies such as standing during phone calls, lunching away from the desk, and walking to talk to a colleague rather than emailing; many of these strategies were positively received by Stand Up Lendlease participants (see Chapter 4). Use of strategies to increase incidental walking and standing during the day has been evaluated in two other studies (196,212), with use of these strategies found to increase stepping (196,212) and reduce sitting time (212). Furthermore, these strategies may also enhance social interaction in the workplace (384), for example, walking to talk to colleagues was seen to lead to better collaboration and more effective communication than using emails in three qualitative studies (308,309,384).…”

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Encouraging Office Workers to ‘Stand Up, Sit Less, and Move More’: Evaluation of Organisational-level Support and Activity Tracker Strategies

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Background: Desk-based office workers, who form the largest individual occupational sector, spend an average of three quarters of their working day sitting, primarily in prolonged, unbroken bouts, and with little time spent in standing and stepping activities. This distribution of activity and inactivity has known detrimental effects on health. As such, the office workplace is a key setting for sitting-reduction and activity-promoting interventions that could be delivered through workplaceled health and wellbeing programs.Organisational-level strategies are an essential element for the successful implementation of workplace health interventions. However, the impact of organisational-level strategies (e.g., management support) on individual-level changes in sitting, standing, and stepping is unknown.Consumer-targeted wearable activity trackers may be a useful addition to integrate with organisational-level strategies; however, to date, there has been minimal evaluation of their use within the workplace. Aim:The aim of this thesis was to evaluate, within the context of a cluster-randomised trial, the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptability of organisational-level strategies with and without an activity tracker on sitting (total; prolonged ≥ 30 min) and activity (standing; stepping) outcomes in desk-based office workers. This aim was addressed through five papers, which form Chapters 2 to 6. Methods and Results:Chapter 2 (Paper 1) describes the trial methods. Desk-based office workers (n=153) from one large organisation were cluster-randomised by work team to organisational-level strategies ('Group ORG', 9 teams, 87 participants), or organisational-level strategies plus LUMOback activity tracker ('Group ORG+Tracker', 9 teams, 66 participants). Organisational-level strategies were delivered by a workplace champion and included an information booklet, five emails, and senior executive support for the study. The waist-worn LUMOback provided real-time feedback on sitting, standing, posture, and stepping, and prompts on sitting and posture. Assessments occurred at baseline, 3 and 12 months, using online questionnaires (to collect sociodemographic, health and work variables) and the thigh-worn activPAL3 monitor (to measure sitting and activity outcomes). Participants in both groups also received individually-tailored sitting and activity data (from the activPAL) at the three time points, delivered via email by the research team.

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Occupational Sitting Time, Job Productivity and Related Work Loss in Spanish University Employees

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Patterns of Impact Resulting from a ‘Sit Less, Move More’ Web-Based Program in Sedentary Office Employees

Patterns of Impact Resulting from a ‘Sit Less, Move More’ Web-Based Program in Sedentary Office Employees

Encouraging Office Workers to ‘Stand Up, Sit Less, and Move More’: Evaluation of Organisational-level Support and Activity Tracker Strategies

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