Take A Stand for Workplace Health: A Sit-stand Workstation Project Evaluation

January 17, 2018 updated by: Jennifer Hall, Brunel University

The Influence of Sit-stand Workstations Upon Total Physical Activity: a 12 Month Randomised Controlled Trial

The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of sit-stand workstations to total daily physical activity in a multi-component office-based 12 month intervention.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study adopts a randomised control trial design and is mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative). The outcome data from the trial is quantitative. Alongside this a qualitative process evaluation will be conducted to inform the intervention, explain trial results and understand the intervention implementation and context (Cathain et al. 2014). Two worksites will participate in this study, in line with COCHRANE recommendations for randomised control trials.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

30

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United Kingdom
      • London, United Kingdom, SE1 6LH
        • Public Health England, SKipton House
      • London, United Kingdom, SE1 7UQ
        • Macmillan Cancer Support UK Office

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Must be a full-time employee on a fixed term contract for at least 18 months at one of the two worksites involved in the study (Macmillan Cancer Support, Public Health England)
  • Must engage in primarily desk-based work
  • Must have their own desk (i.e. does not hot desk) Must be primarily office based (i.e. not working from home)
  • Must have no plans to leave the organisation for an extended period (e.g. holiday > 4 weeks or secondment) or finitely before the anticipated study end date (January 2016)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Have engaged in standing-based desk work in the month prior to the start of the study
  • Have been advised against standing by a health professional; or be unable to stand
  • Work for the Macmillan Support Line

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Factorial Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: multi-component intervention

Sit-stand workstation provision

The multi-component intervention will align with the World Health Authority's promotion of a healthy workplace model, which emphasises that best-practice workplace health interventions should involve an integrated approach involving organisation and individual level approaches to behaviour change (WHO, 2010). Thus, participants will receive a sit-stand workstation with additional support to use the sit-stand workstation.
Behavioral: Sit-stand workstation provision
The research compares the effects of a sit-stand workstation only and a multi-component sit-stand workstation intervention including individual and organisation-level approaches, with usual office-based working practice (no sit-stand workstation) over 12 months.
Other Names:
  • Ergotron: workfit-A, workfit-D
Experimental: Sit-stand workstation only

Sit-stand workstation provision

Participants in this arm will receive a sit-stand workstation. They will not receive any support to use the sit-stand workstation, except some health and safety advice upon installation.
Behavioral: Sit-stand workstation provision
The research compares the effects of a sit-stand workstation only and a multi-component sit-stand workstation intervention including individual and organisation-level approaches, with usual office-based working practice (no sit-stand workstation) over 12 months.
Other Names:
  • Ergotron: workfit-A, workfit-D
No Intervention: Usual practice (seated workstation)
This arm is the control group. They will continue to use their usual seated workstation for the duration of the study.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Physical Activity
Time Frame: Measured 5 times over 13 months, for seven days each time. Time points = baseline, 1-2weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months

ActivPAL:

Sitting and standing will be measured objectively using the ActivPAL device. The ActivPAL provides reliable measures of total sitting time and standing time, and number of sit-to-stand transitions per hour (Lyden et al. 2012).

ActiGraph (GT3X+):

Physical activity intensity and duration will be measured objectively using the ActiGraph activity monitor.The GT3X reliably classifies physical activity intensity in free-living environments (Ozemek et al. 2014).

Activity diaries:

These dairies will be used to assess the type and context of physical activity behaviour. A text reminder will be sent to all participants once daily for the duration of the data collection period. Text message models have shown some success in increasing compliance to research (Armstrong et al. 2009).
Measured 5 times over 13 months, for seven days each time. Time points = baseline, 1-2weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Brunel University

Collaborators

Public Health England
Macmillan Canceer Support
Ergotron

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Jennifer Hall, BSc, Brunel University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

May 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2016

Study Completion (Actual)

February 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 22, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 22, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

June 24, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 18, 2018

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 17, 2018

Last Verified

January 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • TSWH
  • R33134 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Macmillan Cancer Support)

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