Adherence
A multi-component workplace intervention targeting sitting time reduction through environmental modification (sit-stand workstations) and behavioral coaching significantly reduces workplace sitting time and prolonged sitting bouts in office workers.
To reduce sitting time, use a sit-stand workstation and aim to interrupt prolonged sitting every 30 minutes. Combine this with organizational support (like management encouragement) and personal goal-setting to maintain the habit. Monitor your posture and switch between sitting and standing to avoid discomfort.
The Stand Up Victoria study aims to determine whether a 3-month multi-component intervention in the office setting reduces workplace sitting, particularly prolonged, unbroken sitting time, and results in improvements in cardio-metabolic biomarkers and work-related outcomes, compared to usual practice.
Why this rating
This is a study protocol for a cluster-randomized controlled trial, which is high-quality design, but results are not yet reported.
Source
Reducing office workers’ sitting time: rationale and study design for the Stand Up Victoria cluster randomized trial
David W. Dunstan et al. · BMC Public Health · 2013
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