- Title
- An e-health intervention designed to increase workday energy expenditure by reducing prolonged occupational sitting habits
- Creator
- Pedersen, Scott; Cooley, Dean; Mainsbridge, Casey
- Date
- 2014
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/160774
- Identifier
- vital:12285
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-131644
- Identifier
- ISBN:1051-9815
- Abstract
- Methods: Over a 13-week period participants (n=17) in the intervention group were regularly exposed to a passive prompt delivered through their desktop computer that required them to stand up and engage in a short-burst of physical activity, while the control group (n=17) was not exposed to this intervention. Instead, the control group continued with their normal work routine. All participants completed a pre- and post- intervention survey to estimate workplace daily energy expenditure (calories). Background: Desk-based employees face multiple workplace health hazards such as insufficient physical activity and prolonged sitting. Objective: The objective of this study was to increase workday energy expenditure by interrupting prolonged occupational sitting time and introducing short-bursts of physical activity to employees' daily work habits. Results: There was a significant 2 (Group) × 2 (Test) interaction, F (1, 32)=9.26, p < 0.05. The intervention group increased the calories expended during the workday from pre-test (M=866.29 ± 151.40) to post-test (M=1054.10 ± 393.24), whereas the control group decreased calories expended during the workday from pre-test (M=982.55 ± 315.66) to post-test (M=892.21 ± 255.36). Conclusions: An e-health intervention using a passive prompt was an effective mechanism for increasing employee work-related energy expenditure. Engaging employees in regular short-bursts of physical activity during the workday resulted in reduced sitting time, which may have long-term effects on the improvement of employee health.
- Publisher
- IOS Press
- Relation
- Work Vol. 49, no. 2 (2014), p. 289-295
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
- Rights
- Copyright © 2014 – IOS Press and the authors. All rights reserved
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 0913 Mechanical Engineering; 1117 Public Health and Health Services; 1701 Psychology; Employee health; Physical activity; Prompts; Sedentary behavior; Workplace health and wellbeing
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