Effects of Installing Height-adjustable Workstations on Occupational Sitting Time and Workplace Productivity in Desk-based Workers
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 31
- 主要终点
- Change in Workplace Sedentary Time
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study was to look at the effects that height-adjustable workstations on occupational sitting time and workplace productivity in office workers. Participants workplace activity (sitting, standing and walking) and productivity was measured before the installation of the height-adjustable workstations. Workplace activity and productivity were then measured four weeks after the installation of height-adjustable workstations. The results were compared to a control group who received no intervention whilst the intervention had the height-adjustable workstations.
详细描述
Sedentary behaviour has been found to be ubiquitous within the workplace and due to the negative consequences of sedentary behaviour upon health, research has began to look at ways to reduce and interrupt sedentary behaviour.
Interventions that have introduced height-adjustable workstations into the workplace have been found to reduce sedentary behaviour. Some employees and employers are concerned that using height-adjustable workstations and trying to reduce workplace sedentary behaviour can lead to a loss of workplace productivity.
The present study looked at the effects of installing height-adjustable workstations on occupational sitting time and workplace productivity in desk-based workers. Workplace activity was measured objectively using ActivPal accelerometers and productivity was measured via self-report measures. Measurements took place at baseline and four weeks after receiving the height-adjustable workstation.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 65 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •age 18 to 65 years,
- •working ≥0.6 full time equivalents,
- •access to a work telephone and desktop computer with internet,
- •not pregnant,
- •no planned absence >1 week during the trial,
- •not chair-bound or uniquely impaired such that reducing occupational sitting time was not feasible,
- •no pre-existing musculoskeletal disorder.
排除标准
- 未提供
研究组 & 干预措施
Height-adjustable workstation
Participants received a height-adjustable workstation for four weeks
干预措施: Height-adjustable workstation (Device)
Control
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Workplace Sedentary Time
时间窗: Baseline (0 weeks), 4 weeks after installation of height-adjustable workstations
The amount of time a participant spends sitting whilst in the workplace (minutes). This was measured using a thigh-worn ActivPAL accelerometer.
次要结局
- Change in Workplace Presenteeism Using the World Health Organisation Health and Work Performance Questionnaire(Baseline (0 weeks), 4 weeks after installation of height-adjustable workstations)
- Change in Workplace Absenteeism Using the World Health Organisation Health and Work Performance Questionnaire(Baseline (0 weeks), 4 weeks after installation of height-adjustable workstations)