Sedentary behaviour Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
The study uses an uncontrolled, pre-post design among a sample of 30 KCL office workers, to co-design and assess the acceptability of a workplace sitting reduction intervention, with three main follow
secondly, the provision of a height-adjustable desk for 3 months
and thirdly, a ‘menu’ of behaviour change techniques from which participants can select to customise the intervention to their needs.
In the cue monitoring phase, participants are ask
Sponsors
King's College London
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Office- and desk-based KCL employees whose job requires them to sit at a dedicated workstation (i.e. not a ’hot-desker’) for the majority of their working day and to follow this working day pattern at least 3 days per week 2. Aged 18 or over (there is no upper age limit) 3. Able to stand at work (i.e., no physical impairment precluding standing in the workplace)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants must not have taken part in similar ’standing while working’ research previously or used a sit-stand desk at their work station for two or more days in a row 2. They also must not have plans to leave KCL or plans to take an absence for longer than 10 consecutive work days for the duration of the study period (October 2016 to June 2017)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Periods of, and transitions between, sitting and standing, measured using accelerometer-inclinometer devices over one week at 1, 5 and 11 weeks after the intervention session 2. Qualitative data from responses to open-ended interview questions across three sessions 1, 6 and 12 weeks after the intervention session | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Participant records of tasks undertaken during monitoring week from Day 1 to Day 8 2. Participants' subjective measure of sitting time on Day 10 | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed