NCT02376504

Modifying the Workplace to Decrease Sedentary Behavior and Improve Health

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 66 (actual)
• Sponsor: Northeastern University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Workplace Inactivity
• Total Worker Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Active workplace	This is a 12-month, cluster-randomized trial with an intent-to-treat design to determine the effects of using treadmill and sit-to-stand workstations at the workplace on health variables in overweight office workers (N=66) with seated desk jobs and (2) to compare the efficacies of treadmill and sit-to-stand workstations in decreasing workplace sedentary behavior. The intervention will examine the effects of using these workstations on weight, cardiovascular and metabolic health variables , musculoskeletal discomfort, psychological affect and job stress. The study will also measure change in time spent sitting, standing and walking will be measured using wearable non-invasive acceleration sensors.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-02-01
• Completion: 2017-02-01
• First posted: 2015-03-03
• Last updated: 2017-03-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States