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NCT Number: NCT04082624

Workplace Wellness: Improving Your Experience at Work

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior Behavior Body Weight Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Obesity Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Behavioural Medicine Laboratory

Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 5C2, Canada

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

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

Treatment and study plan

Nutrition condition

Behavioral

Received nutritional information in in-person PowerPoint presentations.

Affective condition

Behavioral

Received information about affective benefits of less sitting in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.

Instrumental condition

Behavioral

Received information about instrumental benefits of less sitting in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.

Self-regulation condition

Behavioral

Learned how to self-regulate behavior to sit less in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.

Primary outcomes

  1. Sitting time

    Time frame: Twelve weeks post-baseline

    Average hours of sitting time per day at work

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Victoria

Other

Collaborators

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Sep 9, 2019
Registry last updated
Sep 9, 2019

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