Workplace Wellness: Improving Your Experience at Work
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- University of Victoria
- Enrollment
- 116
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Sitting time
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The primary objective of study was to compare affective (i.e., highlighted emotional benefits), instrumental (i.e., highlighted other health benefits), and self-regulation (i.e., demonstrated ways to plan, set goals, etc.) interventions in terms of their ability to motivate less sitting in the workplace. Research of this type is important because people sit for long periods of time at work which adversely affects their health and productivity.
It was hypothesized that the affective and self-regulation groups would sit less than the instrumental and control groups based on evidence indicating that affective attitude (i.e., emotional evaluation of the behavior) and self-regulation techniques tend to predict behavior.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Prevention
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •From a local workplace in Victoria
- •Full-time employee (i.e., greater than 35 hours per week)
- •Reported over 5.5 hours of sitting per day at work
- •Agreed to attend the 3 intervention sessions
Exclusion Criteria
- •Not from a local workplace in Victoria
- •Not a full-time employee (i.e., 35 hours or less per week)
- •Reported less than 5.5 hours of sitting per day at work
- •Did not agree to attend the 3 intervention sessions
Arms & Interventions
Affective condition
Learned about the affective benefits (e.g., less depression) of reduced office sitting time through taking active breaks. Received intervention following measurements at baseline, week 4, and week 8.
Intervention: Affective condition (Behavioral)
Nutrition condition
Received nutrition information such as the comparison of nutritional information between orange juice and soda pop. Received intervention following measurements at baseline, week 4, and week 8.
Intervention: Nutrition condition (Behavioral)
Instrumental condition
Learned about instrumental benefits such as the relationship between sitting and cardiovascular disease and absenteeism at work. Received intervention following measurements at baseline, week 4, and week 8.
Intervention: Instrumental condition (Behavioral)
Self-regulation condition
Learned how to self-monitor their sedentary behavior and active breaks. They also learned how to create prompts/cues (e.g., sticky note reminder), problem solve to overcome barriers, action plan (i.e., specifying when, where, and how to do the behavior), and set goals in order to be less sedentary according to SMART (i.e., specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-oriented) principles. Received intervention following measurements at baseline, week 4, and week 8.
Intervention: Self-regulation condition (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Sitting time
Time Frame: Twelve weeks post-baseline
Average hours of sitting time per day at work
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Ryan Rhodes
Primary investigator
University of Victoria