ReviewThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2023
The effects of active workstations on reducing work-specific sedentary time in office workers: a network meta-analysis of 23 randomized controlled trials.
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- Associated factors, barriers, and interventions to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary time in academics: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- The Physical Activity at Work (PAW) Program in Thai Office Workers: Mixed Methods Process Evaluation Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Trial
- Are there compensatory behaviors in response to a sit-stand desk intervention?Journal of occupational health · 2024Trial
- Efficacy of non-pharmacological interventions for pediatric primary headaches: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2026Review
- Interrupting sedentary behaviour when working from home: a qualitative exploration of older desk-based employees.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Does the intervention approach matter for improving 24-hour physical behaviours among overweight and obese Brazilian office workers?BMC public health · 2025Article
- Barriers and facilitators to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior in Ethiopian office-based employees: a qualitative formative research using the social-ecological model.Journal of activity, sedentary and sleep behaviors · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of workplace interventions for health promotion.The Lancet. Public health · 2025Review
- Breaking the chain from the chair: a manager's perspective on reducing employees sedentary time in a home-office context.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Advancing solutions for workplace sedentary behavior.Industrial health · 2025Article
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- Surgical managements for rhegmatogenous retinal detachment: A network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundActive workstations have been proposed as a feasible approach for reducing occupational sedentary time. This study used a network meta-analysis (NMA) to assess and compare the overall efficacy of active workstation interventions according to type and concomitant strategy for reducing work-specific sitting time in office workers.
methodsPubMed, Web of Science, EMBASE, and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) databases were searched from database inception until May 2022 to obtain randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing the efficacy of active workstations with or without concomitant strategies for reducing occupational sedentary time in office workers. The risk of bias of the RCTs included in this study was assessed according to the Cochrane Handbook. An NMA with STATA 15.1 was used to construct a network diagram, league figures, and the final surface under the cumulative ranking curve (SUCRA) values. The certainty of evidence was assessed using the grading of recommendations, assessment, development, and evaluation (GRADE) approach.
resultsA total of 23 eligible studies including eight different types of interventions with 1428 office workers were included. NMA results showed that compared to a typical desk, multicomponent intervention (standardized mean difference (SMD) = - 1.50; 95% confidence interval (CI) - 2.17, - 0.82; SUCRA = 72.4%), sit-stand workstation + promotion (Reminders of rest breaks, posture variation, or incidental office activity) (SMD = - 1.49; 95%CI - 2.42, - 0.55; SUCRA = 71.0%), treadmill workstation + promotion (SMD = - 1.29; 95%CI - 2.51, - 0.07; SUCRA = 61.6%), and sit-stand workstation (SMD = - 1.10, 95%CI - 1.64, - 0.56; SUCRA = 50.2%) were effective in reducing occupational sedentary time for office workers.
conclusionsMulticomponent intervention, sit-stand workstation + promotion, treadmill workstation + promotion, and sit-stand workstation appear to be effective in reducing work-specific sedentary time for office workers. Furthermore, multicomponent interventions and active workstations + promotion better reduced work-specific sedentary time than active workstation alone. However, the overall certainty of the evidence was low.
trial registrationOur study protocol was registered with the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO); registration number: CRD42022344432.
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