TY - JOUR
T1 - Can a workplace 'sit less, move more' programme help Spanish office employees achieve physical activity targets?
AU - Puig-Ribera, Anna
AU - Bort-Roig, Judit
AU - Giné-Garriga, Maria
AU - González-Suárez, Angel M.
AU - Martínez-Lemos, Iván
AU - Fortuño, Jesús
AU - Milà, Raimon
AU - Muñoz-Ortiz, Laura
AU - Gilson, Nicholas D.
AU - McKenna, Jim
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the academic and administrative staff from the Spanish universities who made this study possible
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2017/10/1
Y1 - 2017/10/1
N2 - We evaluated the impact of a workplace 'sit less, move more' programme (Walk@WorkSpain, W@WS, 19-week) on self-reported activity-related energy expenditure (AREE) in Spanish office employees (n = 264; 42 ± 10 years; 171 female) randomly assigned to Intervention (IG; used W@WS; n = 129) or comparison groups (CGs; n = 135). A linear mixed model assessed changes in METs-min/wk of total, vigorous, moderate and light physical activity (IPAQ short form) between baseline and 2 months follow-up. Over the CG, IG significantly increased light intensity AREE (P = 0.027). W@WS secured sustained increases on AREE - but not on achieving PA recommendations - providing translational evidence that active living in office employees can be increased.
AB - We evaluated the impact of a workplace 'sit less, move more' programme (Walk@WorkSpain, W@WS, 19-week) on self-reported activity-related energy expenditure (AREE) in Spanish office employees (n = 264; 42 ± 10 years; 171 female) randomly assigned to Intervention (IG; used W@WS; n = 129) or comparison groups (CGs; n = 135). A linear mixed model assessed changes in METs-min/wk of total, vigorous, moderate and light physical activity (IPAQ short form) between baseline and 2 months follow-up. Over the CG, IG significantly increased light intensity AREE (P = 0.027). W@WS secured sustained increases on AREE - but not on achieving PA recommendations - providing translational evidence that active living in office employees can be increased.
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U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/ckx104
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/ckx104
M3 - Article
C2 - 28957483
AN - SCOPUS:85030756479
SN - 1101-1262
VL - 27
SP - 926
EP - 928
JO - European Journal of Public Health
JF - European Journal of Public Health
IS - 5
ER -