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    Project Energise: Using participatory approaches and real time computer prompts to reduce occupational sitting and increase work time physical activity in office workers

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    Authors
    Gilson, N.
    Ng, N.
    Pavey, T.
    Ryde, G.
    Straker, Leon
    Brown, W.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Gilson, N. and Ng, N. and Pavey, T. and Ryde, G. and Straker, L. and Brown, W. 2015. Project Energise: Using participatory approaches and real time computer prompts to reduce occupational sitting and increase work time physical activity in office workers. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 19 (11): pp. 926-930.
    Source Title
    Journal for Science and Medicine in Sport
    DOI
    10.1016/j.jsams.2016.01.009
    ISSN
    1440-2440
    School
    School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45187
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2016 Sports Medicine Australia. Objectives: This efficacy study assessed the added impact real time computer prompts had on a participatory approach to reduce occupational sedentary exposure and increase physical activity. Design: Quasi-experimental. Methods: 57 Australian office workers (mean [SD]; age=47 [11] years; BMI=28 [5]kg/m2; 46 men) generated a menu of 20 occupational 'sit less and move more' strategies through participatory workshops, and were then tasked with implementing strategies for five months (July-November 2014). During implementation, a sub-sample of workers (n =24) used a chair sensor/software package (Sitting Pad) that gave real time prompts to interrupt desk sitting. Baseline and intervention sedentary behaviour and physical activity (GENEActiv accelerometer; mean work time percentages), and minutes spent sitting at desks (Sitting Pad; mean total time and longest bout) were compared between non-prompt and prompt workers using a two-way ANOVA. Results: Workers spent close to three quarters of their work time sedentary, mostly sitting at desks (mean [SD]; total desk sitting time = 371 [71]. min/day; longest bout spent desk sitting = 104 [43]. min/day). Intervention effects were four times greater in workers who used real time computer prompts (8% decrease in work time sedentary behaviour and increase in light intensity physical activity; p <. 0.01). Respective mean differences between baseline and intervention total time spent sitting at desks, and the longest bout spent desk sitting, were 23 and 32. min/day lower in prompt than in non-prompt workers (p <. 0.01). Conclusions: In this sample of office workers, real time computer prompts facilitated the impact of a participatory approach on reductions in occupational sedentary exposure, and increases in physical activity.

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