Effectiveness of a Workplace "Sit Less and Move More" Web-based Program in Spanish Office Employees (Walk@WorkSpain)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Workplace; Quality of Life; Intervention Study; Sedentary Lifestyle

• Registration Number: NCT02960750
• Lead Sponsor: University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia

Brief Summary

This study assesses the short and mid-term impacts of a workplace web-based intervention (Walk@WorkSpain, W@WS) on self-reported occupational sitting time, step counts, activity-related energy expenditure, physical risk factors for chronic disease and efficiency-related outcomes in Spanish office employees. Half of participants had access to the W@WS website program while the other half was asked to maintain habitual behaviour.

Detailed Description

Rising numbers of people have to sit for long hours every day especially for work and transport (3401184). This sedentary pattern that has been detrimentally associated with obesity and cardiovascular disease markers (4604082). However, replacing as little as 10 minutes of sedentary time with the same amount of light or moderate physical activity is associated with substantial health benefits (i.e. reduction of the metabolic syndrome) (26635358).

Because eighty percent of adults in developed countries spend one third of their working day doing sedentary, desk-based tasks (24603203) -representing a high exposure to this established health risk- displacing occupational sitting with physical activity may be a feasible option for improving office employees´ health and therefore public health (26984326).

In this context, there is a need to develop and evaluate translational research, based on theoretically-derived strategies, that can be successfully embedded into workplaces (26984326).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2010-09
• Primary Completion: 2011-06
• Study Completion: 2011-06
• Status Verified: 2016-11
• Study First Submitted: 2016-11-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-11-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-11-07
• Study First Posted: 2016-11-10
• Last Update Posted: 2016-11-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 264

Inclusion Criteria

• Office employees (university administrative and academic staff) with low and moderate physical activity levels (0 to 3,000 MET·min·wk-1 according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire)

Exclusion Criteria

• Highly active office employees (>3,000 MET·min·wk-1 according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline occupational sitting time (minutes/day) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up.	Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up	A paper diary log assessed self-reported occupational sitting time.
Change from baseline step counts (steps/day) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up	A pedometer (Yamax 200) assessed daily step counts

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change from baseline waist circumference (cms) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up	A flexible steel tape (Seca 203) assessed waist circumference
Change from baseline body mass index (kgs/m-2) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	An electronic scale (Seca 899/217) assessed body weight and height to calculate BMI.
Change from baseline blood pressure (mmHg) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	A digital automatic blood pressure monitor (Omron M7) assessed blood pressure.
Change from baseline mental well-being (WEMWBS scale scores) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	The Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) assessed mental well-being
Change from baseline presenteeism (WLQ scores) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) assessed presenteeism.
Change from baseline % work productivity loss (WLQ index score) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) assessed % of work productivity loss
Change from baseline activity-related energy expenditure (METs-min/week) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up.	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form assessed activity-related energy expenditure

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia; 🇪🇸 Vic, Barcelona, Spain

University of Vigo; 🇪🇸 Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

Vasque Country University; 🇪🇸 Vitoria, Vasque Country, Spain

University Ramon Llull; 🇪🇸 Barcelona, Spain