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dc.contributor.authorStraker, Leon
dc.contributor.authorAbbott, R.
dc.contributor.authorHeiden, M.
dc.contributor.authorMathiassen, S.
dc.contributor.authorToomingas, A.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:24:39Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:24:39Z
dc.date.created2014-02-10T20:00:40Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationStraker, Leon and Abbott, Rebecca A. and Heiden, Marina and Mathiassen, Svend Erik and Toomingas, Allan. 2013. Sit-stand desks in call centres: Associations of use and ergonomics awareness with sedentary behavior. Applied Ergonomics. 44 (4): pp. 517-522.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/46006
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.apergo.2012.11.001
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Objective: To investigate whether or not use of sit–stand desks and awareness of the importance of postural variation and breaks are associated with the pattern of sedentary behavior in office workers.Method: The data came from a cross-sectional observation study of Swedish call centre workers. Inclinometers recorded ‘seated’ or ‘standing/walking’ episodes of 131 operators over a full work shift. Differences in sedentary behavior based on desk type and awareness of the importance of posture variation and breaks were assessed by non-parametric analyses.Results: 90 (68.7%) operators worked at a sit–stand desk. Working at a sit–stand desk, as opposed to a sit desk, was associated with less time seated (78.5 vs 83.8%, p = 0.010), and less time taken to accumulate 5 min of standing/walking (36.2 vs 46.3 min, p = 0.022), but no significant difference to sitting episode length or the number of switches between sitting and standing/walking per hour. Ergonomics awareness was not associated with any sedentary pattern variable among those using a sit–stand desk.Conclusion: Use of sit–stand desks was associated with better sedentary behavior in call centre workers, however ergonomics awareness did not enhance the effect.

dc.publisherElsevier
dc.subjectErgonomics awareness
dc.subjectSedentary behavior
dc.subjectCall centres
dc.subjectOccupation
dc.subjectPosture
dc.titleSit-stand desks in call centres: Associations of use and ergonomics awareness with sedentary behavior
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume44
dcterms.source.startPage517
dcterms.source.endPage522
dcterms.source.issn00036870
dcterms.source.titleApplied Ergonomics
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