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    Workplace sitting and height-adjustable workstations: A randomized controlled trial

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    Authors
    Neuhaus, M.
    Healy, Genevieve
    Dunstan, D.
    Owen, N.
    Eakin, E.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Neuhaus, M. and Healy, G. and Dunstan, D. and Owen, N. and Eakin, E. 2014. Workplace sitting and height-adjustable workstations: A randomized controlled trial. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 46 (1): pp. 30-40.
    Source Title
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine
    DOI
    10.1016/j.amepre.2013.09.009
    ISSN
    0749-3797
    School
    School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4581
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    • Curtin Research Publications
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    Background: Desk-based office employees sit for most of their working day. To address excessive sitting as a newly identified health risk, best practice frameworks suggest a multi-component approach. However, these approaches are resource intensive and knowledge about their impact is limited. Purpose: To compare the efficacy of a multi-component intervention to reduce workplace sitting time, to a height-adjustable workstations-only intervention, and to a comparison group (usual practice). Design: Three-arm quasi-randomized controlled trial in three separate administrative units of the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Data were collected between January and June 2012 and analyzed the same year. Setting/participants: Desk-based office workers aged 20-65 (multi-component intervention, n=16; workstations-only, n=14; comparison, n=14). Intervention: The multi-component intervention comprised installation of height-adjustable workstations and organizational-level (management consultation, staff education, manager e-mails to staff) and individual-level (face-to-face coaching, telephone support) elements. Main outcome measures: Workplace sitting time (minutes/8-hour workday) assessed objectively via activPAL3 devices worn for 7 days at baseline and 3 months (end-of-intervention).Results: At baseline, the mean proportion of workplace sitting time was approximately 77% across all groups (multi-component group 366 minutes/8 hours [SD=49]; workstations-only group 373 minutes/8 hours [SD=36], comparison 365 minutes/8 hours [SD=54]). Following intervention and relative to the comparison group, workplace sitting time in the multi-component group was reduced by 89 minutes/8-hour workday (95% CI=-130, -47 minutes; p<0.001) and 33 minutes in the workstations-only group (95% CI=-74, 7 minutes, p=0.285). Conclusions: A multi-component intervention was successful in reducing workplace sitting. These findings may have important practical and financial implications for workplaces targeting sitting time reductions. Clinical Trial Registration: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry 00363297.

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