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

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Sedentary Lifestyle
• Workplace
• Quality of Life
• Intervention Study

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

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

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

BEHAVIORAL

Active Comparison group

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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain

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• University Ramon Llull

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• University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)

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• University of Vigo

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• The University of Queensland

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• University of Leeds

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• University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia

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Principal Investigators

• Anna Puig-Ribera, Exercise and Health Sciences · University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2010-09-30

Primary Completion

2011-06-30

Completion

2011-06-30

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations