TY - JOUR
T1 - The active workplace study
T2 - Protocol for a randomized controlled trial with sedentary workers
AU - Wipfli, Brad
AU - Wild, Sara
AU - Hanson, Ginger C.
AU - Shea, Steven A.
AU - Winters-Stone, Kerri
AU - Thosar, Saurabh S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Oregon Healthy Workforce Center, a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Total Worker Health Center of Excellence [grant number U19OH010154 ]. This work was also partly supported by the Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences at Oregon Health & Science University via funds from the Division of Consumer and Business Services of the State of Oregon ( ORS 656.630 ). NIOSH was not involved in study design; collection, analysis, or interpretation of data; or in writing this manuscript.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/4
Y1 - 2021/4
N2 - Objectives: Sedentary behavior is pervasive in the workplace and is harmful to health. Research on the effectiveness of comprehensive workplace interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and improve worker health and safety is crucial as sedentary jobs become more common. Methods: We developed a Total Worker Health intervention targeting sedentary behavior in call centers, and are evaluating intervention effectiveness in a randomized controlled trial. Four worksites will be randomly assigned to an intervention or control condition. The intervention condition includes the provision of active workstations along with programs and procedures at environmental, organizational, and individual levels. Control worksites will receive active workstations with no additional support, following common organizational practices. Results: Outcomes include objectively measured physical activity, biological markers of health, and self-report survey data at baseline, after the 6-month intervention or control period, and at a 12-month follow-up. Conclusions: The aims of the study are to determine whether a Total Worker Health intervention has stronger impacts on workplace sedentary behavior, uninterrupted bouts of sitting, and worker health and safety compared to a usual practice control condition. The study will inform future workplace sedentary behavior intervention and dissemination research, along with organizational best practices for reducing sedentary behavior in the workplace.
AB - Objectives: Sedentary behavior is pervasive in the workplace and is harmful to health. Research on the effectiveness of comprehensive workplace interventions to reduce sedentary behavior and improve worker health and safety is crucial as sedentary jobs become more common. Methods: We developed a Total Worker Health intervention targeting sedentary behavior in call centers, and are evaluating intervention effectiveness in a randomized controlled trial. Four worksites will be randomly assigned to an intervention or control condition. The intervention condition includes the provision of active workstations along with programs and procedures at environmental, organizational, and individual levels. Control worksites will receive active workstations with no additional support, following common organizational practices. Results: Outcomes include objectively measured physical activity, biological markers of health, and self-report survey data at baseline, after the 6-month intervention or control period, and at a 12-month follow-up. Conclusions: The aims of the study are to determine whether a Total Worker Health intervention has stronger impacts on workplace sedentary behavior, uninterrupted bouts of sitting, and worker health and safety compared to a usual practice control condition. The study will inform future workplace sedentary behavior intervention and dissemination research, along with organizational best practices for reducing sedentary behavior in the workplace.
KW - Physical activity
KW - Sedentary behavior
KW - Total worker health
KW - Uninterrupted sitting
KW - Workplace intervention
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U2 - 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106311
DO - 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106311
M3 - Article
C2 - 33539991
AN - SCOPUS:85100455666
SN - 1551-7144
VL - 103
JO - Contemporary Clinical Trials
JF - Contemporary Clinical Trials
M1 - 106311
ER -