Obesity, Sedentary Behavior
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary objective of study was to compare affective (i.e., highlighted emotional benefits), instrumental (i.e., highlighted other health benefits), and self-regulation (i.e., demonstrated ways to plan, set goals, etc.) interventions in terms of their ability to motivate less sitting in the workplace. Research of this type is important because people sit for long periods of time at work which adversely affects their health and productivity. It was hypothesized that the affective and self-regulation groups would sit less than the instrumental and control groups based on evidence indicating that affective attitude (i.e., emotional evaluation of the behavior) and self-regulation techniques tend to predict behavior.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALNutrition condition
Received nutritional information in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
BEHAVIORALAffective condition
Received information about affective benefits of less sitting in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
BEHAVIORALInstrumental condition
Received information about instrumental benefits of less sitting in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
BEHAVIORALSelf-regulation condition
Learned how to self-regulate behavior to sit less in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
Sponsors
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
University of Victoria
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* From a local workplace in Victoria * Full-time employee (i.e., greater than 35 hours per week) * Reported over 5.5 hours of sitting per day at work * Agreed to attend the 3 intervention sessions
Exclusion criteria
* Not from a local workplace in Victoria * Not a full-time employee (i.e., 35 hours or less per week) * Reported less than 5.5 hours of sitting per day at work * Did not agree to attend the 3 intervention sessions
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sitting time | Twelve weeks post-baseline | Average hours of sitting time per day at work |
Countries
Canada
Outcome results
None listed