Stand Up Kansas: An Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in the Home Work Environment

NCT04641689 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: IRB8886
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This project will examine the effectiveness of an intervention to reduce sedentary behavior in Kansas State University employees who are primarily working from home. We will recruit 100 employees to participate. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of four conditions: desk only, program only, desk + program, or waitlist control. The program will consist of strategies to reduce sitting and increase physical activity in the home environment. We will assess whether the intervention successfully elicits reductions in sitting among employees, as well as changes in cardiometabolic and work-related outcomes.

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Behavior, Health; Cholesterolemia; Obesity; Stress; Hypertension; Fatigue; Glucose, High Blood; Mood

Keywords

physical activity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in sedentary behavior during the workday

  Measured via 5-day activity log

  Baseline and 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (13)

• Change in physical activity

  Baseline and 12 weeks

• Changes in sitting, standing and stepping

  Baseline and 12 weeks

• Change in productivity

  Baseline and 12 weeks

• Change in stress

  Baseline and 12 weeks

• Change in fatigue

  Baseline and 12 weeks

Study Arms (4)

Desk Only

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will receive a height-adjustable desk to use in their home work environment.

Device: Desk Only

Program Only

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will receive 12 weeks of online content to support reductions in sedentary behavior while working from home. Content will be based on social cognitive theory.

Behavioral: Program Only

Desk + Program

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will receive a height-adjustable desk to use in their home work environment AND 12 weeks of online content to support reductions in sedentary behavior while working from home.

Device: Desk Only; Behavioral: Program Only

Waitlist Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants will receive the intervention (desk + program) after all follow-up data have been collected.

Interventions

Desk Only DEVICE

Provision of height-adjustable desk

Also known as: VariDesk Pro Plus 36 height-adjustable desk

Desk + Program; Desk Only

Program Only BEHAVIORAL

Online modules will promote goal setting, self-monitoring, habit formation, social support, barrier identification, and environmental modifications

Desk + Program; Program Only

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Full-time employee (works \>30 hours per week)
• Sedentary job (\>75% of workday seated)
• Working primarily at home (\>80% of typical week)
• Able to safely engage in light intensity physical activity
• No ambulatory limitations

You may not qualify if:

• Working \<30 hours per week
• Standing or physically active \>25% of typical workday
• Working on campus \>20% of a typical week OR planning to resume work on campus in the next 3 months
• Uncontrolled stage 2 (severe) hypertension without a medical release signed by a physician

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kansas State University: lead
• University of Kansas Medical Center: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas, 66506, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Health Behavior; Obesity; Hypertension; Fatigue; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Vascular Diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases

Study Officials

• Emily L Mailey, PhD

  Kansas State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Model Details: 2 x 2

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 18, 2020
• First Posted: November 24, 2020
• Study Start: October 21, 2020
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2021
• Study Completion: July 1, 2021
• Last Updated: November 24, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)