Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2016
The Effectiveness of a Web-Based Computer-Tailored Intervention on Workplace Sitting: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
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The Effectiveness of a Web-based Computer-tailored Intervention on Workplace Sitting: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Effectiveness of a Workplace "Sit Less and Move More" Web-based Program (Walk@WorkSpain) on Occupational Sedentary Behavior, Habitual Physical Activity, Physical Risk Factors for Chronic Disease and Efficiency-related Outcomes in Spanish Office Employees
Assessing the Effectiveness of a Holistic Semi-tailormade Well-being Intervention at Work: Study Protocol of a Partially Randomized Preference Trial Design
Who cites it
30 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- What works to reduce sedentary behavior in the office, and could these intervention components transfer to the home working environment?: A rapid review and transferability appraisal.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2022Pooled it
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- The effectiveness and complexity of interventions targeting sedentary behaviour across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- A comparison of self-reported and device measured sedentary behaviour in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2020Pooled it
- Trends in Persuasive Technologies for Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions using self-monitoring to reduce sedentary behavior in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Pooled it
- Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- An Integrative, Systematic Review Exploring the Research, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance of Interventions to Reduce Sedentary Behaviour in Office Workers.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Pooled it
- Ergonomic interventions for preventing work-related musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limb and neck among office workers.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- The development, implementation and evaluation of interventions to reduce workplace sitting: a qualitative systematic review and evidence-based operational framework.BMC public health · 2018Pooled it
- Workplace interventions for reducing sitting at work.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Using computer, mobile and wearable technology enhanced interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Pooled it
- Can self-monitoring mobile health apps reduce sedentary behavior? A randomized controlled trial.Journal of occupational health · 2020Trial
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- An umbrella review of efficacy of digital health interventions for workers.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
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- Behavioral change interventions, theories, and techniques to reduce physical inactivity and sedentary behavior in the general population: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Precision prevention in occupational health: a conceptual analysis and development of a unified understanding and an integrative framework.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Impact assessment of e-trainings in occupational safety and health: a literature review.BMC public health · 2023Review
- The Effects of UPcomplish on Office Workers' Sedentary Behaviour, Quality of Life and Psychosocial Determinants: A Stepped-Wedge Design.International journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundEffective interventions to influence workplace sitting are needed, as office-based workers demonstrate high levels of continued sitting, and sitting too much is associated with adverse health effects. Therefore, we developed a theory-driven, Web-based, interactive, computer-tailored intervention aimed at reducing and interrupting sitting at work.
objectiveThe objective of our study was to investigate the effects of this intervention on objectively measured sitting time, standing time, and breaks from sitting, as well as self-reported context-specific sitting among Flemish employees in a field-based approach.
methodsEmployees (n=213) participated in a 3-group randomized controlled trial that assessed outcomes at baseline, 1-month follow-up, and 3-month follow-up through self-reports. A subsample (n=122) were willing to wear an activity monitor (activPAL) from Monday to Friday. The tailored group received an automated Web-based, computer-tailored intervention including personalized feedback and tips on how to reduce or interrupt workplace sitting. The generic group received an automated Web-based generic advice with tips. The control group was a wait-list control condition, initially receiving no intervention. Intervention effects were tested with repeated-measures multivariate analysis of variance.
resultsThe tailored intervention was successful in decreasing self-reported total workday sitting (time × group: P<.001), sitting at work (time × group: P<.001), and leisure time sitting (time × group: P=.03), and in increasing objectively measured breaks at work (time × group: P=.07); this was not the case in the other conditions. The changes in self-reported total nonworkday sitting, sitting during transport, television viewing, and personal computer use, objectively measured total sitting time, and sitting and standing time at work did not differ between conditions.
conclusionsOur results point out the significance of computer tailoring for sedentary behavior and its potential use in public health promotion, as the effects of the tailored condition were superior to the generic and control conditions.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov NCT02672215; http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02672215 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6glPFBLWv).
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