Modifying the Workplace to Decrease Sedentary Behavior and Improve Health

Northeastern University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Workplace Inactivity; Total Worker Health

Treatments: Behavioral: Active workplace

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02376504

1R21OH010564-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of this project is to determine the effects of decreasing sedentary behavior at work by at least 3hrs/day using treadmill (walking and standing) and sit-to-stand (standing only) workstations on the health of overweight office workers.

Enrollment: 66 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Body Mass Index greater than 25 kg.m-2
• Does not engage in any structured physical activity lasting at least 30 mins for more than 2 days/week
• Employed in a full-time sedentary desk job.
• No major orthopedic limitations or medical conditions that prevents walking or standing at a treadmill work sit-stand workstation.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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66 participants in 3 patient groups

Treadmill workstation

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be provided with a treadmill workstation to be more active at the workplace Active Workplace

Treatment:

Behavioral: Active workplace

Sit-to-Stand workstation

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be provided with a sit-to-stand workstation to be decrease sitting time at the workplace Active Workplace

Treatment:

Behavioral: Active workplace

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will be asked to engage in three 10 min walking bouts each work day