What Do Workers Do to Reduce Their Sitting Time? The Relationships of Strategy Use and Workplace Support With Desk-Based Workers' Behavior Changes in a Workplace-Delivered Sitting-Reduction and Activity-Promoting Intervention

OBJECTIVE: To explore workers' sitting-reduction and activity-promoting strategy use following an intervention targeting these changes, and whether strategy use and perceived workplace support impacted on 3-month sitting and activity outcomes. METHODS: This secondary analysis in desk-based work...

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Main Authors: Brakenridge, C., Healy, Genevieve, Winkler, E., Fjeldsoe, B.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71947
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author Brakenridge, C.
Healy, Genevieve
Winkler, E.
Fjeldsoe, B.
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Healy, Genevieve
Winkler, E.
Fjeldsoe, B.
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description OBJECTIVE: To explore workers' sitting-reduction and activity-promoting strategy use following an intervention targeting these changes, and whether strategy use and perceived workplace support impacted on 3-month sitting and activity outcomes. METHODS: This secondary analysis in desk-based workers (n?=?83) utilized data collected on questionnaire-derived strategy use and workplace support, and activPAL3-derived sitting (total; prolonged, =30?minutes) and activity (standing; stepping) at work. RESULTS: Fourteen strategies were commonly used during the intervention. Increased usage of some strategies were significantly (P?<?0.05) associated with beneficial changes in prolonged sitting or stepping only. Workplace support was significantly beneficially associated with changes in sitting, prolonged sitting, and stepping; these associations were largely independent of strategy use changes. CONCLUSIONS: Strategies were highly used, with increased use associated with some behavioral improvements. Workplace support appears essential for improving sitting and activity in the workplace.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-719472018-12-13T09:32:59Z What Do Workers Do to Reduce Their Sitting Time? The Relationships of Strategy Use and Workplace Support With Desk-Based Workers' Behavior Changes in a Workplace-Delivered Sitting-Reduction and Activity-Promoting Intervention Brakenridge, C. Healy, Genevieve Winkler, E. Fjeldsoe, B. OBJECTIVE: To explore workers' sitting-reduction and activity-promoting strategy use following an intervention targeting these changes, and whether strategy use and perceived workplace support impacted on 3-month sitting and activity outcomes. METHODS: This secondary analysis in desk-based workers (n?=?83) utilized data collected on questionnaire-derived strategy use and workplace support, and activPAL3-derived sitting (total; prolonged, =30?minutes) and activity (standing; stepping) at work. RESULTS: Fourteen strategies were commonly used during the intervention. Increased usage of some strategies were significantly (P?<?0.05) associated with beneficial changes in prolonged sitting or stepping only. Workplace support was significantly beneficially associated with changes in sitting, prolonged sitting, and stepping; these associations were largely independent of strategy use changes. CONCLUSIONS: Strategies were highly used, with increased use associated with some behavioral improvements. Workplace support appears essential for improving sitting and activity in the workplace. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71947 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001419 restricted
spellingShingle Brakenridge, C.
Healy, Genevieve
Winkler, E.
Fjeldsoe, B.
What Do Workers Do to Reduce Their Sitting Time? The Relationships of Strategy Use and Workplace Support With Desk-Based Workers' Behavior Changes in a Workplace-Delivered Sitting-Reduction and Activity-Promoting Intervention
title What Do Workers Do to Reduce Their Sitting Time? The Relationships of Strategy Use and Workplace Support With Desk-Based Workers' Behavior Changes in a Workplace-Delivered Sitting-Reduction and Activity-Promoting Intervention
title_full What Do Workers Do to Reduce Their Sitting Time? The Relationships of Strategy Use and Workplace Support With Desk-Based Workers' Behavior Changes in a Workplace-Delivered Sitting-Reduction and Activity-Promoting Intervention
title_fullStr What Do Workers Do to Reduce Their Sitting Time? The Relationships of Strategy Use and Workplace Support With Desk-Based Workers' Behavior Changes in a Workplace-Delivered Sitting-Reduction and Activity-Promoting Intervention
title_full_unstemmed What Do Workers Do to Reduce Their Sitting Time? The Relationships of Strategy Use and Workplace Support With Desk-Based Workers' Behavior Changes in a Workplace-Delivered Sitting-Reduction and Activity-Promoting Intervention
title_short What Do Workers Do to Reduce Their Sitting Time? The Relationships of Strategy Use and Workplace Support With Desk-Based Workers' Behavior Changes in a Workplace-Delivered Sitting-Reduction and Activity-Promoting Intervention
title_sort what do workers do to reduce their sitting time? the relationships of strategy use and workplace support with desk-based workers' behavior changes in a workplace-delivered sitting-reduction and activity-promoting intervention
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71947