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Abstract
Background
Prolonged sitting is ubiquitous in modern society and linked to several diseases. Height-adjustable desks are being used to decrease worksite based sitting time (ST). Single-desk sit-to-stand workplaces exhibit small ST reduction potential and short-term loss in performance. The aim of this paper is to report the study design and methodology of an ACTIVE OFFICE trial.
Design
The study was a 1-year three-arm, randomized controlled trial in 18 healthy Austrian office workers. Allocation was done via a regional health insurance, with data collection during Jan 2014 – March 2015. Participants were allocated to either an intervention or control group. Intervention group subjects were provided with traditional or two-desk sit-to-stand workstations in either the first or the second half of the study, while control subjects did not experience any changes during the whole study duration.
Sitting time and physical activity (IPAQ-long), cognitive performance (text editing task, Stroop-test, d2R test of attention), workload perception (NASA-TLX) and physiological parameters (salivary cortisol, heartrate variability and body weight) were measured pre- and post-intervention (23 weeks after baseline) for intervention and control periods. Postural changes and sitting/standing time (software logger) were recorded at the workplace for the whole intervention period.
Discussion
This study evaluates the effects of a novel two-desk sit-to-stand workplace on sitting time, physical parameters and work performance of healthy office based workers. If the intervention proves effective, it has a great potential to be implemented in regular workplaces to reduce diseases related to prolonged sitting.
Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02825303, July 2016 (retrospectively registered).
Prolonged sitting is ubiquitous in modern society and linked to several diseases. Height-adjustable desks are being used to decrease worksite based sitting time (ST). Single-desk sit-to-stand workplaces exhibit small ST reduction potential and short-term loss in performance. The aim of this paper is to report the study design and methodology of an ACTIVE OFFICE trial.
Design
The study was a 1-year three-arm, randomized controlled trial in 18 healthy Austrian office workers. Allocation was done via a regional health insurance, with data collection during Jan 2014 – March 2015. Participants were allocated to either an intervention or control group. Intervention group subjects were provided with traditional or two-desk sit-to-stand workstations in either the first or the second half of the study, while control subjects did not experience any changes during the whole study duration.
Sitting time and physical activity (IPAQ-long), cognitive performance (text editing task, Stroop-test, d2R test of attention), workload perception (NASA-TLX) and physiological parameters (salivary cortisol, heartrate variability and body weight) were measured pre- and post-intervention (23 weeks after baseline) for intervention and control periods. Postural changes and sitting/standing time (software logger) were recorded at the workplace for the whole intervention period.
Discussion
This study evaluates the effects of a novel two-desk sit-to-stand workplace on sitting time, physical parameters and work performance of healthy office based workers. If the intervention proves effective, it has a great potential to be implemented in regular workplaces to reduce diseases related to prolonged sitting.
Trial registration
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02825303, July 2016 (retrospectively registered).
Original language | English |
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Article number | 578 |
Pages (from-to) | 578-588 |
Journal | BMC Public Health |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jul 2016 |
Keywords
- Cognitive performance
- Concentration
- d2R-test of attention
- Office
- Postural changes
- Reaction time
- Sitting
- Standing
- Stroop-test
- Workload
- Computers
- Body Weight
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Male
- Cognition
- Posture/physiology
- Young Adult
- Austria
- Time Factors
- Adult
- Heart Rate
- Occupational Health
- Exercise/physiology
- Workplace/statistics & numerical data
- Hydrocortisone/analysis
- Adolescent
- Perception
- Research Design
- Sedentary Behavior
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Active Office
Haller, M. (PI), Probst, K. (CoI) & Vogl, A. (CoI)
01.01.2012 → 31.12.2014
Project: Research Project