Effectivness of Active Office Intervention (ActiveOffice)

The Effectivness of Multi-modal Intervention for Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Office Workers

The Active Office study is focusing on interventions with potential to reduce sedentary behavior and increase physical activity in office workers. The participants will be devided in two groups, the experimental and the control group. The participants in the experimental group will use active office (sit-to-stand desk, bike desk, seddle chair and active breaks) for one week, whereas the control group will remain in the conventional sitting-desk office. All the participants will wear ActivePal for 5 consecutive day and complete the measurements (heart rate, blood pressure). The goal of the study is to evaluate the effects of active office on sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in office workers.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Sedentary Lifestyle
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Active Office

Detailed Description

Sedentary behavior is racognised as an independent risk factor for the development of non-communicable diseases. It is estimated that office workers spent up to 80 % of their working time sedentary and do not compensate by sitting less in their leisure time. Therefore, interventions with potential to reduce sedentary behavior and increase phyical activity levels are of increasing interest. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of active office, including sit-to-stand desk, bike desk, seddle chair, and active breaks, on sedentary behavior, physical activity levels, and cardio-vascular parameters. The study design will be randomised control trial with one experimental and one control group. The participants in the experimental group will use active office for one week whereas the control group will use the conventional office. All the participants will wear ActivePal for 5 consecutive day and complete the measurements (heart rate, blood pressure). The participants will also complete quastionaires about the sedentary behavior and physical activity levels (Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire, Global Physical Activity Questionnaire). Moreover, at the baseline and on the last day of measurements the investigators will measure the work environment factors (light, noise, air flow, temperature). The goal of the study is to evaluate the effects of active office on sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in office workers.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 20
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Slovenia
  • Izola, Slovenia, 6310
    • InnoRenew

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• office workers spending at least 70 % of their working time sedentary
• aged between 18 and 65

Exclusion Criteria:

• body mass index > 30kg/m2
• pain presence in any musculokeletal part > 3 on 10-level scale
• presence of any non-communicable chronical diseases
• pregnancy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control Group; The control group will use conventional siiting-desk office.
Experimental: Active Office Group; The experimental group will use active offfice, including sit-to-stand desk, bike desk, seddle chair and active breask.	Device: Active Office; Active Office intervention includes sit-to-stand desk, bike desk, seddle chair, and active breaks.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Weekly physical activity levels	Weekly physical activity levels will be measured with ActivePal sensors.	5 days
Weekly sitting time	Weekly sitting time will be measured with ActivePal sensors.	5 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Heart rate	Heart rate will be measured with Polar Heart Rate Monitor.	5 days
Blood Pressure	Blood pressure will be measured with electronic blood pressure monitor.	Baseline and after 5 days
Global Physical Activity Questionnaire	Global Physical Activity Questionnaire is used to subjectively assess physical activity levels.	Baseline and after 5 days
Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire	Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire is used to subjectively assess sedentary behavior.	Baseline and after 5 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Primorska
• Collaborators: Innorenew CoE

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): December 5, 2019
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): February 1, 2020
• Study Completion (Anticipated): March 1, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 24, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 27, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): August 28, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 2, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 1, 2019
• Last Verified: October 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: sedentary behavior; phyical activity; workplace interventions; active breaks; workplace ergonomics
• Other Study ID Numbers: Active Office

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No

Drug and device information, study documents

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