StandUP UBC: Reducing Workplace Sitting

NCT03375749 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: H17-02776
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 48
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Research indicates that sedentary behaviours, such as prolonged sitting, have negative health consequences and increases risk for disease. Unfortunately, many office-workers spend a high proportion of their workday sitting, often in prolonged unbroken bouts. Recent interventions have provided active workstations (e.g., sit-stand desks) to reduce employee sitting. However, cost prohibits provision of these desks in work environments. There is a need for low-cost solutions to reduce sitting at work. The purpose of this study is to determine whether provision of a low-cost standing desk reduces workplace sitting, and results in improvements in work engagement and fatigue, compared to usual practice.

Conditions

Sedentary Lifestyle

Keywords

sitting

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Reduction in sitting time

  Daily minutes sitting time measured with an activPAL3 micro activity monitor

  Baseline, 3 months and 6 months

• Reduced number of prolonged sitting bouts (>30 min)

  Number of daily bouts of sitting (\>30 mins) measured with an activPAL3 micro activity monitor

  Baseline, 3 months and 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Work engagement

  Baseline, 3 months and 6 months

• Occupational fatigue

  Baseline, 3 months and 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Standing Desk Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Each participant allocated to the experimental group will receive a low-cost, cardboard, fixed-height standing desk converter (https://oristand.co/) that will be placed in their regular office environment, along with their usual sitting desk. The participants will be instructed on how to use the fixed-height standing desk converter (herein referred to as standing desk) as a way to break up sitting time every 30 minutes. In addition, each participant will be provided with information about the health benefits of breaking up sitting time.

Behavioral: Standing desk intervention

Waitlist Control

OTHER

Control group participants will not encounter any changes to their regular office environment. They will be provided with the standing desk and behaviour change strategies 6-months post-intervention.

Behavioral: Waitlist control

Interventions

Standing desk intervention BEHAVIORAL

Standing desk converter

Standing Desk Intervention

Waitlist control BEHAVIORAL

Control

Waitlist Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 64 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• (1) individuals who are desk-based (\>75% of seated working hours),
• (2) work at least three days a week using the same desk,
• (3) aged 18-64 years, and
• (4) have the capability of standing.

You may not qualify if:

• (1) individuals who are not predominantly desk-based (\<75% seated working hours),
• (2) work less than three days a week in the same office, or will not be working for the full duration of the study (i.e., retirement, term-time only, maternity/extended leave),
• (3) self-report having severe musculoskeletal conditions which restrict them from standing,
• (4) already use a standing desk.
• (5) unable to read or understand English or provide full informed consent.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of British Columbia: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada

Location

Related Publications (6)

• Tremblay MS, Aubert S, Barnes JD, Saunders TJ, Carson V, Latimer-Cheung AE, Chastin SFM, Altenburg TM, Chinapaw MJM; SBRN Terminology Consensus Project Participants. Sedentary Behavior Research Network (SBRN) - Terminology Consensus Project process and outcome. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2017 Jun 10;14(1):75. doi: 10.1186/s12966-017-0525-8.

  PMID: 28599680 BACKGROUND

• Shrestha N, Kukkonen-Harjula KT, Verbeek JH, Ijaz S, Hermans V, Bhaumik S. Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Mar 17;3(3):CD010912. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010912.pub3.

  PMID: 26984326 BACKGROUND

• Neuhaus M, Eakin EG, Straker L, Owen N, Dunstan DW, Reid N, Healy GN. Reducing occupational sedentary time: a systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence on activity-permissive workstations. Obes Rev. 2014 Oct;15(10):822-38. doi: 10.1111/obr.12201. Epub 2014 Jul 11.

  PMID: 25040784 BACKGROUND

• Faulkner G, Weatherson KA, Duncan MJ, Wunderlich KB, Puterman E. Exploring Work-Time Affective States Through Ecological Momentary Assessment in an Office-Based Intervention to Reduce Occupational Sitting. J Phys Act Health. 2023 Apr 10;20(6):566-570. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2022-0495. Print 2023 Jun 1.

  PMID: 37037458 DERIVED

• Weatherson K, Yun L, Wunderlich K, Puterman E, Faulkner G. Application of an Ecological Momentary Assessment Protocol in a Workplace Intervention: Assessing Compliance, Criterion Validity, and Reactivity. J Phys Act Health. 2019 Nov 1;16(11):985-992. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2019-0152. Epub 2019 Sep 20.

  PMID: 31541068 DERIVED

• Weatherson KA, Wunderlich KB, Faulkner GE. Impact of a low-cost standing desk on reducing workplace sitting (StandUP UBC): A randomised controlled trial. Appl Ergon. 2020 Jan;82:102951. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2019.102951. Epub 2019 Sep 14.

  PMID: 31526916 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Guy Faulkner, PhD

  University of British Columbia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 12, 2017
• First Posted: December 18, 2017
• Study Start: January 15, 2018
• Primary Completion: September 26, 2018
• Study Completion: September 26, 2018
• Last Updated: December 4, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)