NCT02071420

Efficacy of a Combined Ergonomic Health Promotion Intervention on Employee Health

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Iowa · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Our objective in this pilot study is to test the combined effect of a) replacing office workers' sedentary workstations with active workstations (LifeBalance Station) and b) optimizing computer workstation ergonomics on daily occupational sedentary time, cardiometabolic risk factors, musculoskeletal symptom health outcomes and work productivity.

Detailed description

Primary Aim: To compare the effects of providing sedentary employees with seated active workstations in combination with an ergonomic intervention and regular motivational emails (experimental group) against the ergonomic intervention and regular emails only (active control group) on occupational sedentary behavior over 16 weeks. Hypothesis: The addition of a seated active workstation will result in significant reductions in daily occupational sedentary time compared to the active control group. Secondary Aims: To compare the effects of the experimental group against the active control group on secondary measures of cardiometabolic disease risk factors, musculoskeletal discomfort, cognitive function and work productivity. Hypothesis 1: The experimental group will result in reduced cardiometabolic disease risk, musculoskeletal discomfort and work limitations compared to the active control group.

Conditions

• Sedentary
• Overweight

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Active Workstation Intervention	Participants in the experimental group will receive a seated active workstation at their work setting for 16 weeks.
BEHAVIORAL	Ergonomic Intervention	Participants of both arms will receive a face to face ergonomic workstation optimization intervention. This consultation will take 30 minutes to complete and will be performed at the participant's actual work station.
BEHAVIORAL	Email Intervention	Participants of both arms will receive three emails per week for 16 weeks. Messages will be consistent with what they hear in the ergonomic intervention (e.g., encourage taking breaks from sitting at work and adjusting posture to be in line with ergonomic principles).
DEVICE	Bluetooth enabled device (Wahoo Fitness Blue SC sensor) and accompanying iPod application.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-07-01
• Completion: 2014-07-01
• First posted: 2014-02-25
• Last updated: 2017-10-23
• Results posted: 2017-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States