Stand & Move at Work

Stand & Move at Work: A Group Randomized Trial

A trial testing the efficacy of sit-stand workstations on decreasing sitting time and increasing light-intensity physical activity in samples of office worksites.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hypertension; Obesity; Diabetes
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Move; Device: Sit-Stand workstation

Detailed Description

With traditional approaches to increasing MVPA (moderate to vigorous physical activity) in the workplace being unsustainable due to the requirement of deliberate and dedicated time away from work, this group-randomized trial will test the efficacy of sit-stand workstations on decreasing sitting time and increasing light-intensity physical activity (LPA) in a highly generalizable sample of office worksites using a multi-level intervention with high potential for dissemination.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 630
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Arizona
    • Tempe, Arizona, United States, 85281
      • Arizona State University
  • Minnesota
    • Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55455
      • University of Minnesota

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

Worksite-level inclusion criteria:

• Size: Small to moderate size worksite (20-60 employees)
• Schedule: >80% of employees full time
• Occupation: Seated office work, primarily computer- and- telephone-based work, little movement or walking
• Wellness environment: Not currently undergoing a wellness program aimed at increasing activity at work
• Workstations: Willing to have sit-stand workstations installed at a worksite
• Willing to be randomized: Willing to be randomized to either intervention conditions

Member-level inclusion criteria:

• Age: 18 years and older
• Health status: Generally good health and able to safely increase LPA and reduce sitting time
• Employment status: Any sedentary job, sitting most of the say, little standing or walking
• Occupation: Traditional sitting desk, willing to have a sit-stand workstation installed at desk
• Workstation: traditional sitting desk;willing to have a sit-stand workstation installed at desk

Exclusion Criteria:

• contraindication to prolonged standing at work

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Move; A multi-level individual, social, environmental, and organizational intervention targeting increases in light-intensity physical activity in the workplace.	Behavioral: Move; A multi-level individual, social, environmental, and organizational intervention targeting increases in light-intensity physical activity in the workplace
Experimental: Stand & Move; Move intervention (A multi-level individual, social, environmental, and organizational intervention targeting increases in light-intensity physical activity in the workplace) plus the installation of a sit-stand workstation.	Behavioral: Move; A multi-level individual, social, environmental, and organizational intervention targeting increases in light-intensity physical activity in the workplace; Device: Sit-Stand workstation; Installation of a sit-stand desk at work

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mean Change in Light-intensity Physical Activity at Work From Baseline to 12 Months	Measured via 7d of activPAL accelerometry (value at 12 months minus value at baseline)	1 year
Mean Change in Sitting Time at Work From Baseline to 12 Months	Measured via 7d of activPAL accelerometry (value at 12 months minus value at baseline)	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Clustered Metabolic Risk Score From Baseline to 12 Months	Clustered metabolic risk score (fasting glucose, insulin, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, blood pressure); value at 12 months minus value at baseline; higher scores indicate better outcome. The Z-score for each component (fasting glucose, insulin, triglycerides, HDL-cholesterol, blood pressure) based on the baseline mean and standard deviation of the entire group was computed and summed for each participant (HDL z-score was subtracted rather than added). The sum of these z-scores represents the metabolic risk score.	1 year

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Sleep Substudy	24h wrist accelerometry in individuals with minor-moderate sleep complaints	1 year
Ambulatory Blood Pressure	Dynamic changes in ambulatory blood pressure in prehypertensives	3 months
Ecological Momentary Assessment of Mood	Periodic monitoring of mood, energy, fatigue in smartphone users	1 year
Dynamic Glucose Control	Continuous glucose monitoring in prediabetics	3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Arizona State University
• Collaborators: University of Minnesota
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Matthew P Buman, PhD, Arizona State University; Principal Investigator: Mark A Pereira, PhD, University of Minnesota

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Leonard KS, Mullane SL, Golden CA, Rydell SA, Mitchell NR, Koskan A, Estabrooks PA, Pereira MA, Buman MP. Qualitative comparative analysis of the implementation fidelity of a workplace sedentary reduction intervention. BMC Public Health. 2022 May 31;22(1):1086. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13476-3.
• Pereira MA, Mullane SL, Toledo MJL, Larouche ML, Rydell SA, Vuong B, Feltes LH, Mitchell NR, de Brito JN, Hasanaj K, Carlson NG, Gaesser GA, Crespo NC, Oakes JM, Buman MP. Efficacy of the 'Stand and Move at Work' multicomponent workplace intervention to reduce sedentary time and improve cardiometabolic risk: a group randomized clinical trial. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2020 Oct 27;17(1):133. doi: 10.1186/s12966-020-01033-3.
• Mullane SL, Toledo MJL, Rydell SA, Feltes LH, Vuong B, Crespo NC, Pereira MA, Buman MP. Social ecological correlates of workplace sedentary behavior. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2017 Aug 31;14(1):117. doi: 10.1186/s12966-017-0576-x.
• Buman MP, Mullane SL, Toledo MJ, Rydell SA, Gaesser GA, Crespo NC, Hannan P, Feltes L, Vuong B, Pereira MA. An intervention to reduce sitting and increase light-intensity physical activity at work: Design and rationale of the 'Stand & Move at Work' group randomized trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2017 Feb;53:11-19. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2016.12.008. Epub 2016 Dec 7.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): January 15, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 15, 2017
• Study Completion (Actual): December 15, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 22, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 30, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): October 2, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 11, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 9, 2019
• Last Verified: October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Hypertension
• Other Study ID Numbers: R01CA198971 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: Undecided

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No