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  • Occupational Health
  • Behavioral Science
  • Public Health Interventions

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  • Excessive workplace sitting contributes to adverse health outcomes like type 2 diabetes and depression.
  • Current interventions often lack systematic development informed by participant needs.
  • Active workstations offer potential but require effective intervention design.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of a tailored workplace intervention to reduce and break up sitting time in office workers.
  • To apply the Behavior Change Wheel and APEASE criteria in developing the intervention.
  • To inform the design and implementation of future workplace sitting reduction strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Pilot study employing a cluster-randomized design (by offices) with control and intervention groups.
  • Intervention developed using the Behavior Change Wheel and APEASE criteria.
  • Feasibility assessed via recruitment, retention, and data completion; adherence measured by sitting/standing time; outcomes include productivity, absenteeism, cardiometabolic risk, and wellbeing.

Main Results:

  • This section reports the protocol for an ongoing study; results are not yet available.
  • The study is currently recruiting and retaining participants for intervention and control groups.
  • Data collection on feasibility, adherence, and various outcome measures is in progress.

Conclusions:

  • The study protocol is established for a tailored workplace intervention to reduce sitting time.
  • Findings will guide the development of effective interventions for office workers' sedentary behavior.
  • This research addresses a critical gap in evidence-based intervention design for workplace health.