Workplace Wellness: Improving Your Experience at Work
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
The primary objective of study was to compare affective (i.e., highlighted emotional benefits), instrumental (i.e., highlighted other health benefits), and self-regulation (i.e., demonstrated ways to plan, set goals, etc.) interventions in terms of their ability to motivate less sitting in the workplace. Research of this type is important because people sit for long periods of time at work which adversely affects their health and productivity. It was hypothesized that the affective and self-regulation groups would sit less than the instrumental and control groups based on evidence indicating that affective attitude (i.e., emotional evaluation of the behavior) and self-regulation techniques tend to predict behavior.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Sep 2014
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2014
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2015
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 1, 2015
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
September 4, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 9, 2019
CompletedSeptember 9, 2019
September 1, 2019
7 months
September 4, 2019
September 6, 2019
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Sitting time
Average hours of sitting time per day at work
Twelve weeks post-baseline
Study Arms (4)
Nutrition condition
ACTIVE COMPARATORReceived nutrition information such as the comparison of nutritional information between orange juice and soda pop. Received intervention following measurements at baseline, week 4, and week 8.
Affective condition
EXPERIMENTALLearned about the affective benefits (e.g., less depression) of reduced office sitting time through taking active breaks. Received intervention following measurements at baseline, week 4, and week 8.
Instrumental condition
EXPERIMENTALLearned about instrumental benefits such as the relationship between sitting and cardiovascular disease and absenteeism at work. Received intervention following measurements at baseline, week 4, and week 8.
Self-regulation condition
EXPERIMENTALLearned how to self-monitor their sedentary behavior and active breaks. They also learned how to create prompts/cues (e.g., sticky note reminder), problem solve to overcome barriers, action plan (i.e., specifying when, where, and how to do the behavior), and set goals in order to be less sedentary according to SMART (i.e., specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-oriented) principles. Received intervention following measurements at baseline, week 4, and week 8.
Interventions
Received nutritional information in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
Received information about affective benefits of less sitting in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
Received information about instrumental benefits of less sitting in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
Learned how to self-regulate behavior to sit less in the workplace in in-person PowerPoint presentations.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- From a local workplace in Victoria
- Full-time employee (i.e., greater than 35 hours per week)
- Reported over 5.5 hours of sitting per day at work
- Agreed to attend the 3 intervention sessions
You may not qualify if:
- Not from a local workplace in Victoria
- Not a full-time employee (i.e., 35 hours or less per week)
- Reported less than 5.5 hours of sitting per day at work
- Did not agree to attend the 3 intervention sessions
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Behavioural Medicine Laboratory
Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 5C2, Canada
Related Publications (1)
Lithopoulos A, Kaushal N, Beauchamp MR, Conner M, de Bruijn GJ, Latimer-Cheung AE, Rhodes RE. Changing Sedentary Behavior in the Office: A Randomised Controlled Trial Comparing the Effect of Affective, Instrumental, and Self-Regulatory Messaging on Sitting. Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2020 Nov;12(3):687-702. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12202. Epub 2020 May 19.
PMID: 32428341DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
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
- Primary investigator
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
September 4, 2019
First Posted
September 9, 2019
Study Start
September 1, 2014
Primary Completion
April 1, 2015
Study Completion
April 1, 2015
Last Updated
September 9, 2019
Record last verified: 2019-09