Sitting patterns after relocation to activity-based offices: A controlled study of a natural intervention
dc.contributor.author | Hallman, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Mathiassen, Svend | |
dc.contributor.author | Jahncke, H. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-29T12:28:39Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-06-29T12:28:39Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-06-29T12:09:02Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Hallman, D. and Mathiassen, S. and Jahncke, H. 2018. Sitting patterns after relocation to activity-based offices: A controlled study of a natural intervention. Preventive Medicine. 111: pp. 384-390. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69161 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.11.031 | |
dc.description.abstract |
© 2017 The Authors This study determined the effect of relocating workers from traditional to activity-based offices on objectively measured sitting patterns. Office workers (n = 493) from five office-sites within a large Swedish government agency were included in a controlled study of a natural intervention (2015–2017). At four sites, traditional offices were replaced by activity-based offices, while workers at one site with no relocation acted as controls. Sitting, standing and walking were measured objectively for 5–8 days in a sub-sample (n = 110) using accelerometry (Actigraph). Total sitting time (% of working time) and time spent in short (< 5 min), moderate (5–30 min) and prolonged (> 30 min) uninterrupted periods in sitting were determined. Intervention effects were determined at 3- and 12-month follow-ups using linear mixed models adjusted for baseline age, gender and office type, and stratified by office-site (referencing controls). The relocation to activity-based offices did not result in an overall effect (across sites) on occupational sitting time (all p > 0.05), while walking time had increased significantly by 1.4% of the working time at 12 months compared with controls. Heterogeneous results were found across offices after 12 months on total sitting time compared with controls (estimated change - 18.3% time–1.4% time), prolonged sitting (change - 18.3% to - 3.8%), walking (change 0.5%–3.5%) and standing (change - 1.4%–13.9%). In conclusion, relocation to activity-based offices had a limited overall effect on occupational sitting patterns in the studied organization, but differed considerably between office sites. Site-specific determinants of sitting behavior in activity-based offices need be identified. | |
dc.publisher | Elsevier BV | |
dc.title | Sitting patterns after relocation to activity-based offices: A controlled study of a natural intervention | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.volume | 111 | |
dcterms.source.startPage | 384 | |
dcterms.source.endPage | 390 | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0091-7435 | |
dcterms.source.title | Preventive Medicine | |
curtin.department | School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science | |
curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available |
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