NCT03560544

The Effect of Breaking up Sitting in the Workplace on Cardiometabolic Risk and Worker Productivity

Pilot Study of a Tailored Intervention to Break up Sitting in the Workplace on Cardiometabolic Risk and Worker Productivity

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Bedfordshire · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) will examine the effect of a tailored workplace intervention based on interrupting sitting on work productivity, well-being and cardio-metabolic risk in office workers. The experimental group in the 8-week intervention will be prompted to alternate between sitting and standing while working. The ratio between sitting and standing will begin at 3:1 (two hours per day in an eight-hour day) and increase to 1:1 (four hours per day in an eight-hour day) by the end of the second week of the eight-week intervention.

Conditions

• Sedentary Lifestyle

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Breaking up sitting	A three-part behaviour change intervention, including: 1. Supportive organisational culture and knowledge of consequence of prolonged sitting 2. Environmental Modification 3. Behavioural Changes

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-25
• Primary completion: 2018-09-30
• Completion: 2018-12-31
• First posted: 2018-06-18
• Last updated: 2018-10-10

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United Kingdom