dc.contributor.author | Puig-Ribera, Anna | |
dc.contributor.author | Bort-Roig, Judit | |
dc.contributor.author | González Suárez, Ángel Manuel | |
dc.contributor.author | Martínez-Lemos, Iván | |
dc.contributor.author | Giné-Garriga, María | |
dc.contributor.author | Fortuño, Josep | |
dc.contributor.author | Martori, Joan C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Muñoz-Ortiz, Laura | |
dc.contributor.author | Milà, Raimon | |
dc.contributor.author | McKenna, Jim | |
dc.contributor.author | Gilson, Nicholas D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-02T13:21:00Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-02T13:21:00Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Plos One 10(4) : (2015) // Article ID e0122474 | es |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10810/18138 | |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose
Encouraging office workers to 'sit less and move more' encompasses two public health priorities. However, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of workplace interventions for reducing sitting, even less about the longer term effects of such interventions and still less on dual-focused interventions. This study assessed the short and mid-term impacts of a workplace web-based intervention (Walk@WorkSpain, W@WS; 2010-11) on self-reported sitting time, step counts and physical risk factors (waist circumference, BMI, blood pressure) for chronic disease.
Methods
Employees at six Spanish university campuses (n=264; 42 +/- 10 years; 171 female) were randomly assigned by worksite and campus to an Intervention (used W@WS; n=129; 87 female) or a Comparison group (maintained normal behavior; n=135; 84 female). This phased, 19-week program aimed to decrease occupational sitting time through increased incidental movement and short walks. A linear mixed model assessed changes in outcome measures between the baseline, ramping (8 weeks), maintenance (11 weeks) and follow-up (two months) phases for Intervention versus Comparison groups.
Results
A significant 2 (group) x 2 (program phases) interaction was found for self-reported occupational sitting (F[3]=7.97, p=0.046), daily step counts (F[3]=15.68, p=0.0013) and waist circumference (F[3]=11.67, p=0.0086). The Intervention group decreased minutes of daily occupational sitting while also increasing step counts from baseline (446 +/- 126; 8,862 +/- 2,475) through ramping (+425 +/- 120; 9,345 +/- 2,435), maintenance (+422 +/- 123; 9,638 +/- 3,131) and follow-up (+414 +/- 129; 9,786 +/- 3,205). In the Comparison group, compared to baseline (404 +/- 106), sitting time remained unchanged through ramping and maintenance, but decreased at follow-up (-388 +/- 120), while step counts diminished across all phases. The Intervention group significantly reduced waist circumference by 2.1cms from baseline to follow-up while the Comparison group reduced waist circumference by 1.3cms over the same period.
Conclusions
W@WSis a feasible and effective evidence-based intervention that can be successfully deployed with sedentary employees to elicit sustained changes on "sitting less and moving more". | es |
dc.description.sponsorship | The study was funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MICCIN)(project reference DEP 2009-1147). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. | es |
dc.language.iso | eng | es |
dc.publisher | Public Library Science | es |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | es |
dc.subject | randomized controlled-trial | es |
dc.subject | reducing sittin time | es |
dc.subject | physical-activity | es |
dc.subject | workplace | es |
dc.subject | health | es |
dc.subject | intervention | es |
dc.subject | worstations | es |
dc.subject | questionnaire | es |
dc.subject | reliability | es |
dc.subject | validity | es |
dc.title | Patterns of Impact Resulting from a 'Sit Less, Move More' Web-Based Program in Sedentary Office Employees | es |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | es |
dc.rights.holder | © 2015 Puig-Ribera et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited | es |
dc.relation.publisherversion | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122474#abstract0 | es |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0122474 | |
dc.departamentoes | Educación física y deportiva | es_ES |
dc.departamentoeu | Gorputz eta Kirol Hezkuntza | es_ES |
dc.subject.categoria | AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | |
dc.subject.categoria | BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | |
dc.subject.categoria | MEDICINE | |