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Trial reportPreventing chronic disease2016

Impact of Booster Breaks and Computer Prompts on Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Among Desk-Based Workers: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.

Wendell C Taylor, Raheem J Paxton, Ross Shegog, Sharon P Coan, Allison Dubin, Timothy F Page, David M Rempel

Registry-linked trialAbstract readMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Preventing chronic disease, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04286919 (The Heat Is On To Increase Physical Activity), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04286919 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2019, after this paper: background citation

The Heat Is On To Increase Physical Activity: Comparing Two Different Methods To Prescribe Exercise

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of ConnecticutRan2019 to 2020Enrolled46ConditionsPhysical Activity, Health BehaviorArmsA Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans to a New Method of Exercise Prescription Among College Students
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wendell C TaylorDepartment of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin St, Suite 2670, Houston, TX 77030. Email: Wendell.C.Taylor@uth.tmc.edu.
Raheem J PaxtonSchool of Public Health and Institute of Healthy Aging, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas.
Ross ShegogDepartment of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
Sharon P CoanDepartment of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
Allison DubinDepartment of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas.
Timothy F PageDepartment of Health Policy and Management, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, Miami, Florida.
David M RempelSchool of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California.

Funding

Booster Break: A 21st Century Innovation to Improve Worker Health and ProductivitR03NR010291 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI TAYLOR, WENDELL · 2007 to 2008
$147k
NINR NIH HHS R03 NR010291
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe 15-minute work break provides an opportunity to promote health, yet few studies have examined this part of the workday. We studied physical activity and sedentary behavior among office workers and compared the results of the Booster Break program with those of a second intervention and a control group to determine whether the Booster Break program improved physical and behavioral health outcomes.

methodsWe conducted a 3-arm, cluster-randomized controlled trial at 4 worksites in Texas from 2010 through 2013 to compare a group-based, structured Booster Break program to an individual-based computer-prompt intervention and a usual-break control group; we analyzed physiologic, behavioral, and employee measures such as work social support, quality of life, and perceived stress. We also identified consistent and inconsistent attendees of the Booster Break sessions.

resultsWe obtained data from 175 participants (mean age, 43 y; 67% racial/ethnic minority). Compared with the other groups, the consistent Booster Break attendees had greater weekly pedometer counts (P < .001), significant decreases in sedentary behavior and self-reported leisure-time physical activity (P < .001), and a significant increase in triglyceride concentrations (P = .02) (levels remained within the normal range). Usual-break participants significantly increased their body mass index, whereas Booster Break participants maintained body mass index status during the 6 months. Overall, Booster Break participants were 6.8 and 4.3 times more likely to have decreases in BMI and weekend sedentary time, respectively, than usual-break participants.

conclusionFindings varied among the 3 study groups; however, results indicate the potential for consistent attendees of the Booster Break intervention to achieve significant, positive changes related to physical activity, sedentary behavior, and body mass index.

Indexed as

ExerciseSedentary BehaviorWorkplaceAdultBody Mass IndexFemaleHealth PromotionHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedProgram EvaluationQuality of LifeSelf ReportSocial SupportTexas

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PMID27854422
PMCPMC5127177

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