Take a Stand ! - a Cluster Randomized Controlled Intervention Study at Four Office-based Workplaces Aiming to Reduce Occupational Sitting Time
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 337
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Reduced total time spend sitting at work
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of the study is to test an intervention aiming to reduce sitting time during work hours among office workers.
Expectations according to outcome measures: Sitting time reduced by 1 hour pr. day (primary). Number of prolonged periods reduced by 1 pr. day (primary). Number of breaks increased by 3 pr. day (primary). 20 % of participants report a reduction of musculoskeletal pain (secondary). A reduction in waist circumference of 1 cm (secondary). A reduction of 0.5 % in bodyfat (secondary).
详细描述
Background and aim: Sedentary behaviour has substantial impact on wellbeing and health, e.g. on the risk of cardiovascular disease and premature death. These associations seem to apply as well to people who carry out the recommended 30 minutes of physical activity per day. However, studies indicate that the harmful effects can be reduced through breaking prolonged periods of sitting by intervals of standing or walking.
In total 46 % of Danes are working in occupations which are primarily sedentary and the workplace is thus a relevant setting to intervene against sedentary behaviour.
The aim of the study is to test an intervention towards sitting time among office workers. The intervention will target both total sitting time, breaks from sitting and prolonged periods of sitting.
Design: Cluster-randomized control study led at four different workplaces in Denmark and Greenland. Each workplace should consist of four independent sections (clusters) of about 25 people. Those four sections are randomized to intervention or control. A cluster design is used because the intervention will target the workplace setting as a whole, thus individuals within the same office has to be randomized to the same arm of the intervention.
Participants: 400 adults with sedentary office-based work. Subjects should understand Danish and be without disabilities or diseases affecting their ability to stand or walk.
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 —(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Workplaces should be:
- •Office-based with sedentary workers
- •Able to include four sections of about equal size (about 25 people) and which could be separated to minimize spill-over effects (e.g. four different addresses, buildings or floors).
- •Have a management willing to collaborate about the project by participating at meetings and at kick-off.
- •Should have at least some financial resources to make structural changes at the work place.
- •Individuals should be:
- •Adults >18 years
- •Sedentary office-based work-
- •Understanding of Danish
- •Without sickness or disabilities affecting their ability to stand or walk
- •Not pregnant
- •Working more than 4 days a week (>30 h)
排除标准
- •Not providing signed informed consent.
结局指标
主要结局
Reduced total time spend sitting at work
时间窗: 1 month
Method of measurement: ActiGraph, average daily sitting time during work hours.
Reduced number of prolonged siting periods (>30 min)
时间窗: 1 month
Method of measurement: ActiGraph, number of periods sitting \>30 min.
Increased number of breaks from sitting time
时间窗: 1 month
Method of measurement: ActiGraph, number of postural shifts from sitting to standing/walking
次要结局
- Waist circumference(3 month)
- Reduced musculoskeletal problems(1 month)
- Body fat percentage(3 months)
- Reduced total time spend sitting at work(3 months)
- Reduced number of prolonged siting periods (>30 min)(3 months)
- Increased number of breaks from sitting time(3 months)
研究者
Ida Høgstedt Danquah
Research Assistant
University of Southern Denmark
