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Associations of Device-Measured Sitting, Standing, and Stepping Time With Informal Face-to-Face Interactions at Work
Takemi Sugiyama1, Elisabeth A H Winkler, Anthony D LaMontagne
1Mary MacKillop Institute for Health Research, Australian Catholic University (Dr Sugiyama, Dr Dunstan); Centre for Urban Transitions, Swinburne University of Technology (Dr Sugiyama, Dr Hadgraft, Dr Owen); Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute, Melbourne (Dr Sugiyama, Dr Healy, Dr Hadgraft, Dr Dunstan, Dr Owen); School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane (Dr Winkler, Dr Healy, Dr Dunstan, Dr Owen); Centre for Population Health Research, Deakin University, Geelong (Dr LaMontagne); School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne (Dr LaMontagne, Dr Owen); School of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University (Dr Healy); School of Sport Science, Exercise and Health, University of Western Australia, Perth (Dr Dunstan); School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University (Dr Dunstan); Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University (Dr Dunstan), Melbourne, Australia.
Objective:
This cross-sectional study examined the interrelationships between workplace movement (sitting, standing, and stepping), availability of discussion space, and face-to-face (FTF) interactions between workers.
Methods:
Desk-based workers (n = 221) wore an activity monitor for 7 days and self-reported their weekly frequency of FTF interactions and discussion space availability. Negative binomial regression models examined behavioral and spatial factors associated with the frequency of FTF interactions.
Results:
Adjusted for potential confounders, each one standard deviation increment in time spent sitting, standing, stepping, and discussion space availability was associated with 20% lower (P = 0.004), 19% higher (P = 0.003), 6% higher (P = 0.16), and 11% higher (P = 0.26) frequency of FTF interactions, respectively CONCLUSIONS:: Lower workplace sitting was often linked to reduced risk of chronic diseases. Our findings suggest that less sitting at work may have additional benefits of increasing informal interactions between office workers.
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