Sit-stand workstations: A pilot intervention to reduce office sitting time
Background: Sitting time is a prevalent health risk among office-based workers. Purpose: To examine, using a pilot study, the efficacy of an intervention to reduce office workers' sitting time. Design: Quasi-experimental design with intervention-group participants recruited from a single workpl...
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| author | Alkhajah, T. Reeves, M. Eakin, E. Winkler, E. Owen, N. Healy, Genevieve |
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| description | Background: Sitting time is a prevalent health risk among office-based workers. Purpose: To examine, using a pilot study, the efficacy of an intervention to reduce office workers' sitting time. Design: Quasi-experimental design with intervention-group participants recruited from a single workplace that was physically separate from the workplaces of comparison-group participants. Setting/participants: Office workers (Intervention, n=18; Comparison, n=14) aged 20–65 years from Brisbane, Australia; data were collected and analyzed in 2011. Intervention: Installation of a commercially available sit–stand workstation. Main outcome measures: Changes from baseline at 1-week and 3-month follow-up in time spent sitting, standing, and stepping at the workplace and during all waking time (activPAL3 activity monitor, 7-day observation). Fasting total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides, and glucose levels were assessed at baseline and 3 months (Cholestech LDX Analyzer). Acceptability was assessed with a 5-point response scale (eight items). |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-91762017-09-13T14:48:44Z Sit-stand workstations: A pilot intervention to reduce office sitting time Alkhajah, T. Reeves, M. Eakin, E. Winkler, E. Owen, N. Healy, Genevieve Background: Sitting time is a prevalent health risk among office-based workers. Purpose: To examine, using a pilot study, the efficacy of an intervention to reduce office workers' sitting time. Design: Quasi-experimental design with intervention-group participants recruited from a single workplace that was physically separate from the workplaces of comparison-group participants. Setting/participants: Office workers (Intervention, n=18; Comparison, n=14) aged 20–65 years from Brisbane, Australia; data were collected and analyzed in 2011. Intervention: Installation of a commercially available sit–stand workstation. Main outcome measures: Changes from baseline at 1-week and 3-month follow-up in time spent sitting, standing, and stepping at the workplace and during all waking time (activPAL3 activity monitor, 7-day observation). Fasting total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, triglycerides, and glucose levels were assessed at baseline and 3 months (Cholestech LDX Analyzer). Acceptability was assessed with a 5-point response scale (eight items). 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9176 10.1016/j.amepre.2012.05.027 restricted |
| spellingShingle | Alkhajah, T. Reeves, M. Eakin, E. Winkler, E. Owen, N. Healy, Genevieve Sit-stand workstations: A pilot intervention to reduce office sitting time |
| title | Sit-stand workstations: A pilot intervention to reduce office sitting time |
| title_full | Sit-stand workstations: A pilot intervention to reduce office sitting time |
| title_fullStr | Sit-stand workstations: A pilot intervention to reduce office sitting time |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sit-stand workstations: A pilot intervention to reduce office sitting time |
| title_short | Sit-stand workstations: A pilot intervention to reduce office sitting time |
| title_sort | sit-stand workstations: a pilot intervention to reduce office sitting time |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9176 |