Cost-effectiveness, Impact of a Workplace-based Intervention to Reduce Occupational Sitting Time in Office-based Workers

NCT06149364 | Not Yet Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: S1371
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 140
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact and cost effectiveness of a workplace-based intervention aimed at reducing prolonged occupational sitting among office-based workers. The study will be conducted in three phases. Phase I: is an Integrative review on economic evaluations of workplace-based interventions for reducing occupational sitting time. Phase II: is a secondary analysis of register data within the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (NFBC-1966). This is aimed at evaluating the association between prolonged sitting time with societal and/or organization economic perspective across different occupational categories at midlife. Phase III will be a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) of an office-based intervention designed to reduce prolonged occupational sitting time. The sample for the RCT will be 140 office-based workers - 70 participants will be enrolled in the control group whilst 70 participants will be enrolled within the intervention group. The study will be conducted from 2021 to 2025. An article-based dissertation will be completed at the end of the study, this will be mainly based on four articles that will be published in international peer reviewed journals.

Conditions

Physical Inactivity; Sedentary Behavior; Occupational Diseases; Physical Activity

Keywords

Cost-effectiveness; Economic evaluation; Randomized control trial; Sitting time; Workplace; Office workers; Productivity; Absenteeism; RCT

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Physical activity

  Physical activity will be objectively measured with the ActivePal accelerometer (PAL technologies LTD, Glasgow, UK). This is a thigh-worn, tri-axial accelerometer. The accelerometer was chosen because it is easy to use, discrete and can differentiate between sitting, standing, and stepping in varying postural transitions. Participants will be asked to wear the monitors for at least 14 days during workdays hours. The participants will then give the accelerometer to the researcher, data recorded on them will be downloaded and analyses.

  Assessments will be done at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months. Data from activity monitoring, and a self-administered questionnaires will be used.

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Cost

  Assessments will be done at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

• Absenteeism

  Assessments will be done at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

• Presenteeism

  Assessments will be done at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

• Health related quality of life

  Assessments will be done at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months

Study Arms (1)

Control

EXPERIMENTAL

Control - usual practice; participants in this arm will be informed that the project is aimed at an economic evaluation of costs associated with usual patterns of office-based routines among desk-based workers. The measurements for both CG and IG will be taken at four times (baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months).

Behavioral: ISKE

Interventions

ISKE BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will consist of an e-health software Programme that we have named "Istumisen Keskeyttäminen (ISKE)" will be installed on the desktop of participants. Functionality of the software: the primary purpose of the software is to remind users (basically office-based workers) to take a break on a regular basis (recommended time 30 minutes). At the end of the workday, the software provides information on the number of breaks taken and how long each lasted. The user will also have access to such information. What happens during the prompted break: once the software prompts the user to take a break, she/he can click the Continue button to proceed with the break. The software will include activities that are suggested for the user to do during break. After the break, the record of the time (duration of the break, and when the break was taken) can be taken.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• working at least six full time hours
• Age of 18-65 years
• Speaking Finnish language
• Having designated access to internet
• Telephone, and a desk within their workplace (home and away from home workplaces will be considered).

You may not qualify if:

• Non-ambulatory
• Pregnant
• Those participating in other RCTs
• Those planning relocation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Helsinki: lead
• University of Oulu: collaborator

Related Publications (7)

• Kolu P, Kari JT, Raitanen J, Sievanen H, Tokola K, Havas E, Pehkonen J, Tammelin TH, Pahkala K, Hutri-Kahonen N, Raitakari OT, Vasankari T. Economic burden of low physical activity and high sedentary behaviour in Finland. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2022 Jul;76(7):677-684. doi: 10.1136/jech-2021-217998. Epub 2022 Apr 26.

  PMID: 35473717 BACKGROUND

• Akhavan Rad S, Kiwanuka F, Korpelainen R, Torkki P. Evidence base of economic evaluations of workplace-based interventions reducing occupational sitting time: an integrative review. BMJ Open. 2022 Jun 30;12(6):e060139. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-060139.

  PMID: 35772822 BACKGROUND

• Tcymbal A, Andreasyan D, Whiting S, Mikkelsen B, Rakovac I, Breda J. Prevalence of Physical Inactivity and Sedentary Behavior Among Adults in Armenia. Front Public Health. 2020 May 5;8:157. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2020.00157. eCollection 2020.

  PMID: 32432072 BACKGROUND

• Deaton A, Cartwright N. Reflections on Randomized Control Trials. Soc Sci Med. 2018 Aug;210:86-90. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.04.046. Epub 2018 Apr 28. No abstract available.

  PMID: 29731150 BACKGROUND

• Rollo S, Prapavessis H. A Combined Health Action Process Approach and mHealth Intervention to Increase Non-Sedentary Behaviours in Office-Working Adults-A Randomised Controlled Trial. Appl Psychol Health Well Being. 2020 Nov;12(3):660-686. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12201. Epub 2020 Apr 28.

  PMID: 32342662 BACKGROUND

• Styles, B., & Torgerson, C. (2018). Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in education research-methodological debates, questions, challenges. Educational Research, 60(3), 255-264

  BACKGROUND

• Vanni KJ, Neupane S, Siukola AE, Karinen HM, Pursio HK, Uitti J, Nygard CH. The Presenteeism Scale as a measure of productivity loss. Occup Med (Lond). 2018 Nov 16;68(8):512-518. doi: 10.1093/occmed/kqy124.

  PMID: 30219891 BACKGROUND

Related Links

• ISKE study website

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Occupational Diseases; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Raija Korpelainen, Phd

  Oulu Deaconess Institute Foundation sr

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Central Study Contacts

Sanaz Akhavan Rad, MSC

CONTACT

0466618241; sanaz.akhavan-rad@helsinki.fi

Paulus Torkki, Phd

CONTACT

+358 503385500; paulus.torkki@helsinki.fi

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Doctoral Researcher

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 15, 2023
• First Posted: November 29, 2023
• Study Start: June 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: January 1, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): December 1, 2027
• Last Updated: April 9, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share