Take A Stand for Workplace Health: A Sit-stand Workstation Project Evaluation

Brunel University30 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of sit-stand workstations to total daily physical activity in a multi-component office-based 12 month intervention.

This study adopts a randomised control trial design and is mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative). The outcome data from the trial is quantitative. Alongside this a qualitative process evaluation will be conducted to inform the intervention, explain trial results and understand the intervention implementation and context (Cathain et al. 2014). Two worksites will participate in this study, in line with COCHRANE recommendations for randomised control trials.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Physical Activity

Interventions

Sit-stand workstation provisionBEHAVIORAL

The research compares the effects of a sit-stand workstation only and a multi-component sit-stand workstation intervention including individual and organisation-level approaches, with usual office-based working practice (no sit-stand workstation) over 12 months.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Must be a full-time employee on a fixed term contract for at least 18 months at one of the two worksites involved in the study (Macmillan Cancer Support, Public Health England) * Must engage in primarily desk-based work * Must have their own desk (i.e. does not hot desk) Must be primarily office based (i.e. not working from home) * Must have no plans to leave the organisation for an extended period (e.g. holiday \> 4 weeks or secondment) or finitely before the anticipated study end date (January 2016) Exclusion Criteria: * Have engaged in standing-based desk work in the month prior to the start of the study * Have been advised against standing by a health professional; or be unable to stand * Work for the Macmillan Support Line

Locations (2)

Public Health England, SKipton House

London, United Kingdom

Macmillan Cancer Support UK Office

London, United Kingdom

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Physical Activity

ActivPAL: Sitting and standing will be measured objectively using the ActivPAL device. The ActivPAL provides reliable measures of total sitting time and standing time, and number of sit-to-stand transitions per hour (Lyden et al. 2012). ActiGraph (GT3X+): Physical activity intensity and duration will be measured objectively using the ActiGraph activity monitor.The GT3X reliably classifies physical activity intensity in free-living environments (Ozemek et al. 2014). Activity diaries: These dairies will be used to assess the type and context of physical activity behaviour. A text reminder will be sent to all participants once daily for the duration of the data collection period. Text message models have shown some success in increasing compliance to research (Armstrong et al. 2009).

Time frame: Measured 5 times over 13 months, for seven days each time. Time points = baseline, 1-2weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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