The Effect of Flooring on Office Workers' Health and Behaviors

Mayo Clinic

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Healthy

Treatments

Other: Ergonomic flooring

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04130932

19-006733

Details and patient eligibility

About

Researchers are trying to better understand how offices and workspaces influence people's performance, behavior and health during the course of weeks and over long periods of time.

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 60 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Ability to provide informed consent
Must be adults between the ages of 18 and 60
Ability to relocate to the Well Living Lab for 9 consecutive weeks
Full-time Mayo Clinic employees (35+ hours per week)
Report working a sedentary job (e.g., sit for >= 50% of their work time).
Have a working mobile phone that can receive text messages
Must be present for 80% of the study (minimum of 4 days per week)

Exclusion criteria

Individuals who are shift-workers
Individuals diagnosed with vascular diseases (i.e., Raynaud's disease, peripheral artery disease, etc.)
Individuals with diagnosed neurological and psychiatric disorders that may have physical limitations
Drug (illegal or prescription narcotic), nicotine, or alcohol dependency
Women who are lactating, pregnant or intend to become pregnant during the duration of the study
Individuals who are taking medications (either prescribed or over-the-counter) which may affect comfort levels (e.g., opiate based medications)
Working in occupation requiring standing/stepping >50% of work time
Report < 1 year at current job
Hospitalization from either a physical or mental disorder in the past six months
History of cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, neurological, or orthopedic limitations that would prohibit occupational physical activity (e.g., standing, stepping, etc.)