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ArticleEuropean journal of public health2022

Workplace physical activity practices in real life: a scoping review of grey literature for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

Ilkka Väänänen, Sebastià Mas-Alòs, Frank Vandaele, Anna Codina-Nadal, Sergi Matas, Eva Aumatell, Ine De Clerk, Anna Puig-Ribera

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Article in European journal of public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

Ilkka VäänänenLAB University of Applied Sciences, Health Care Unit, Physical Activity and Functional Capacity Research Group, Lahti Campus, Finland.
Sebastià Mas-AlòsNational Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), Lleida Campus, Catalonia, Spain.
Frank VandaeleArtevelde University of Applied Sciences, Gent, Belgium.
Anna Codina-NadalUniversity of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Sport and Physical Activity Research Group, Vic, Spain.
Sergi MatasNational Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia (INEFC), Lleida Campus, Catalonia, Spain.
Eva AumatellOpen University of Catalonia, eHealth Center, Barcelona, Spain.
Ine De ClerkArtevelde University of Applied Sciences, Gent, Belgium.
Anna Puig-RiberaUniversity of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Sport and Physical Activity Research Group, Vic, Spain.
Artevelde University College Ghent · BEUniversitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya · ESLAB University of Applied Sciences · FINational Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia · ESUniversitat de Lleida · ESUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is a need to scale-up effective physical activity (PA) programmes for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), where the uptake of PA interventions is low. Identifying real-life workplace practices in PA could contribute to a better understanding of what PA programmes might be most grounded in the 'real world'. However, there is a scarcity of evidence showing what gets done. This study aimed to identify, describe and comprehensively summarize the real-life implementations of workplace PA initiatives, particularly in Europe, as a prior step to disseminating future feasible PA practices for SMEs.

methodsA scoping review of grey literature included a systematic search in the Google advanced search platform that permuted a combination of key concepts (PA, workplace, interventions/programmes), internet domains, and search operators in six different languages (Catalan, Finnish, French, Dutch, English and Spanish) between 2015 and November 2020. The analysis process was iterative, and multiple methods were used to sort, group and categorize the initiatives.

resultsThere were a total of 713 real-life workplace PA initiatives from different-sized organizations identified. These were categorized into five themes: active work and living, exercise and fitness programs, management and leadership, communication and dissemination, and facilities. Finally, feature trees showing a menu for real-life workplace PA practices were implemented.

conclusionsIdentifying real-life practice providing a state-of-the-art snapshot of current PA practices in workplaces, which is a starting point to better understand feasible practices in the context of small- and medium-sized workplaces.

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Gray LiteratureWorkplaceEuropeExerciseHumansLeadership

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OpenAlexW4293427192

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