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Effects of Breaking up Prolonged Sitting with Office-based Exercise Program on Physical activity, Sitting Time, and Musculoskeletal Discomfort in Office Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Effects of breaking up prolonged sitting with office-based exercise program on sitting time, hysical activity, and musculoskeletal discomfort in office workers

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
TCTR
Registry ID
TCTR20240525003
Enrollment
80
Registered
2024-05-25
Start date
2022-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Healthy office workers who work with computer and have complain of musculoskeletal condition Physical activity, Exercise, Break sitting, Musculoskeletal discomfort, Office workers

Interventions

The break reminder software program that is already installed on the participants computer will be active. It will be prompted as a pop-up on the screen to take a break and performed an exercise to fo
Experimental Behavioral,No Intervention Behavioral
Break sitting group,Control group

Sponsors

National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 59 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adult people male and females aged 20-59 years 2. Work experience more than 2 years of doing a full-time job 3. Work mainly with a personal computer and have their owned PC or laptop computer 4. Working more than 4 days/week (or minimum working time at least 35 hours per week) 5. Self-reported working in sitting position more than 5 hours/day 6. A person who has the risk of WMSDs based on the self-reported of musculoskeletal discomfort in at least one area which related to the work in the previous 3 months following the physical health domains of OSCWE questionnaires 7. A person who has the risk of NCDs such as hyperlipidemia, high blood glucose, and obesity, etc. from the report of annual medical check-up 9. Being able to understand the Thai language and follow the instructions

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Unable to communicate in the Thai language 2. Having an acute illness or chronic musculoskeletal injury (i.e. shoulder pain or stiffness, joint arthrosis, vertebral spondylosis, fracture and dislocation, Gout or Rheumatoid arthritis and others, which can restrict a physical activity participation 3. Having cognitive impairment, psychosis, and other psychological condition that may disrupt a cognitive performance, memory and language communication and understanding. 4. Having severe metabolic syndrome or chronic condition diagnosed by medical doctors such as heart disease, cancer, or other condition that can restrict a physical activity participation 5. Having a disability, such as blindness, deafness, or hearing loss 6. Having severe pain leading to physical discomfort and limit routine physical activity 7. The participant has a condition with under medical control for exercise prohibited following the PAR-Q assessment (136). 8. Pregnancy 9. Participants will be excluded if they have plans to leave the organization during the study period

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Physical Activity 8 weeks after intervention Physical activity level (low, moderate, vigorous PA),Musculoskeletal discomfort 8 weeks after intervention OSCWE questionnaires (Physical Health domain),Health outcome 8 weeks after intervention Body composition, Blood pressure, BMI, Waist circumference, Waist-to-Hip ratio

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Work ability 8 weeks after intervention Work Ability Index (WAI),Reaction time 8 weeks after intervention Stroop color and word test,Reaction time 8 weeks after intervention Simple reaction time test,Stress level 8 weeks after intervention OSCWE questionnaire (psychological domain)

Countries

Thailand

Contacts

Public ContactBukhari Putsa

Mahidol University

bukhari.put@mahidol.ac.th0882611190

Outcome results

None listed

Source: TCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026