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NCT Number: NCT02960750

Effectiveness of a Workplace "Sit Less and Move More" Web-based Program in Spanish Office Employees (Walk@WorkSpain)

This study assesses the short and mid-term impacts of a workplace web-based intervention (Walk@WorkSpain, W@WS) on self-reported occupational sitting time, step counts, activity-related energy expenditure, physical risk factors for chronic disease and efficiency-related outcomes in Spanish office employees. Half of participants had access to the W@WS website program while the other half was asked to maintain habitual behaviour.

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Key information

Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle Behavior Intervention Study Motor Activity Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being Quality of Life Sedentary Behavior Workplace

Age range

18 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain

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About this study

Rising numbers of people have to sit for long hours every day especially for work and transport (3401184). This sedentary pattern that has been detrimentally associated with obesity and cardiovascular disease markers (4604082). However, replacing as little as 10 minutes of sedentary time with the same amount of light or moderate physical activity is associated with substantial health benefits (i.e. reduction of the metabolic syndrome) (26635358).

Because eighty percent of adults in developed countries spend one third of their working day doing sedentary, desk-based tasks (24603203) -representing a high exposure to this established health risk- displacing occupational sitting with physical activity may be a feasible option for improving office employees´ health and therefore public health (26984326).

In this context, there is a need to develop and evaluate translational research, based on theoretically-derived strategies, that can be successfully embedded into workplaces (26984326).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Office employees (university administrative and academic staff) with low and moderate physical activity levels (0 to 3,000 MET·min·wk-1 according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire)

Exclusion criteria

  • Highly active office employees (>3,000 MET·min·wk-1 according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire)

Treatment and study plan

A workplace "sit less and move more" web-based program for Spanish office employees

Behavioral

W@WS encourages office employees to progressively 'sit less and move more' during workdays over 19 weeks. During the first 8 weeks (ramping phase), tips are provided every two weeks to break occupational sitting time through incidental movement during work tasks, introduce short walks (5-10 minutes) during morning/afternoon work breaks and/or commuting time, introduce longer walks at lunchtime and achieve at least 10,000 daily steps as well as increase walking intensity. During weeks 9 to 19, W@WS provides automated guidance with periodic emails encouraging behaviors achieved in the previous phase. Ecological support strategies such as logging daily step counts into a personal account and receiving visual feedback on the achievement of goals are also provided

Other names: Walk@WorkSpain, W@WS

Active Comparison group

Behavioral

The Active Comparison group maintained habitual behavior. The A-CG was given a pedometer and a paper diary to register daily step counts and self-reported sitting time throughout the intervention.

Other names: A-CG

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline occupational sitting time (minutes/day) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up.

    Time frame: Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up

    A paper diary log assessed self-reported occupational sitting time.

  2. Change from baseline step counts (steps/day) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up

    Time frame: Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up

    A pedometer (Yamax 200) assessed daily step counts

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline waist circumference (cms) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up

    Time frame: Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up

    A flexible steel tape (Seca 203) assessed waist circumference

  2. Change from baseline body mass index (kgs/m-2) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up

    Time frame: Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up

    An electronic scale (Seca 899/217) assessed body weight and height to calculate BMI.

  3. Change from baseline blood pressure (mmHg) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up

    Time frame: Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up

    A digital automatic blood pressure monitor (Omron M7) assessed blood pressure.

  4. Change from baseline mental well-being (WEMWBS scale scores) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up

    Time frame: Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up

    The Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) assessed mental well-being

  5. Change from baseline presenteeism (WLQ scores) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up

    Time frame: Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up

    The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) assessed presenteeism.

  6. Change from baseline % work productivity loss (WLQ index score) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up

    Time frame: Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up

    The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) assessed % of work productivity loss

  7. Change from baseline activity-related energy expenditure (METs-min/week) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up.

    Time frame: Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up

    The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form assessed activity-related energy expenditure

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia

Other

Collaborators

  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain
  • The University of Queensland
  • University Ramon Llull
  • University of Leeds
  • University of Vigo
  • University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

Registry information

Official study title

Effectiveness of a Workplace "Sit Less and Move More" Web-based Program (Walk@WorkSpain) on Occupational Sedentary Behavior, Habitual Physical Activity, Physical Risk Factors for Chronic Disease and Efficiency-related Outcomes in Spanish Office Employees

Acronym: W@WS

Important dates

Study start
2010
Primary completion
2011
Study completion
2011
First posted
Nov 10, 2016
Registry last updated
Nov 10, 2016

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