Effectiveness of a Workplace "Sit Less and Move More" Web-based Program in Spanish Office Employees (Walk@WorkSpain)

Quality of Life Clinical Trial

— W@WS  

Official title:

Effectiveness of a Workplace "Sit Less and Move More" Web-based Program (Walk@WorkSpain) on Occupational Sedentary Behavior, Habitual Physical Activity, Physical Risk Factors for Chronic Disease and Efficiency-related Outcomes in Spanish Office Employees

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02960750
• Other study ID #: OR0431+D3009
• Secondary ID: DEP2009-11472
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 3, 2016
• Last updated: November 7, 2016
• Start date: September 2010
• Est. completion date: June 2011

Study information

• Verified date: November 2016
• Source: University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Research Commission of University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia: 'Spain'
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study assesses the short and mid-term impacts of a workplace web-based intervention (Walk@WorkSpain, W@WS) on self-reported occupational sitting time, step counts, activity-related energy expenditure, physical risk factors for chronic disease and efficiency-related outcomes in Spanish office employees. Half of participants had access to the W@WS website program while the other half was asked to maintain habitual behaviour.

Description:

Rising numbers of people have to sit for long hours every day especially for work and transport (3401184). This sedentary pattern that has been detrimentally associated with obesity and cardiovascular disease markers (4604082). However, replacing as little as 10 minutes of sedentary time with the same amount of light or moderate physical activity is associated with substantial health benefits (i.e. reduction of the metabolic syndrome) (26635358).

Because eighty percent of adults in developed countries spend one third of their working day doing sedentary, desk-based tasks (24603203) -representing a high exposure to this established health risk- displacing occupational sitting with physical activity may be a feasible option for improving office employees´ health and therefore public health (26984326).

In this context, there is a need to develop and evaluate translational research, based on theoretically-derived strategies, that can be successfully embedded into workplaces (26984326).

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 264
• Est. completion date: June 2011
• Est. primary completion date: June 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Office employees (university administrative and academic staff) with low and moderate physical activity levels (0 to 3,000 MET·min·wk-1 according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Highly active office employees (>3,000 MET·min·wk-1 according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire)

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Intervention Study
• Quality of Life
• Sedentary Lifestyle
• Workplace

Intervention

Behavioral:
• A workplace "sit less and move more" web-based program for Spanish office employees
W@WS encourages office employees to progressively 'sit less and move more' during workdays over 19 weeks. During the first 8 weeks (ramping phase), tips are provided every two weeks to break occupational sitting time through incidental movement during work tasks, introduce short walks (5-10 minutes) during morning/afternoon work breaks and/or commuting time, introduce longer walks at lunchtime and achieve at least 10,000 daily steps as well as increase walking intensity. During weeks 9 to 19, W@WS provides automated guidance with periodic emails encouraging behaviors achieved in the previous phase. Ecological support strategies such as logging daily step counts into a personal account and receiving visual feedback on the achievement of goals are also provided
• Active Comparison group
The Active Comparison group maintained habitual behavior. The A-CG was given a pedometer and a paper diary to register daily step counts and self-reported sitting time throughout the intervention.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	University Ramon Llull	Barcelona
Spain	University of Vigo	Pontevedra	Galicia
Spain	University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia	Vic	Barcelona
Spain	Vasque Country University	Vitoria	Vasque Country

Sponsors (7)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia	Basque Country University, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain, The University of Queensland, University of Leeds, University of Vigo, University Ramon Llull

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change from baseline occupational sitting time (minutes/day) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up.	A paper diary log assessed self-reported occupational sitting time.	Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up	No
Primary	Change from baseline step counts (steps/day) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	A pedometer (Yamax 200) assessed daily step counts	Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up	No
Secondary	Change from baseline waist circumference (cms) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	A flexible steel tape (Seca 203) assessed waist circumference	Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up	No
Secondary	Change from baseline body mass index (kgs/m-2) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	An electronic scale (Seca 899/217) assessed body weight and height to calculate BMI.	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	No
Secondary	Change from baseline blood pressure (mmHg) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	A digital automatic blood pressure monitor (Omron M7) assessed blood pressure.	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	No
Secondary	Change from baseline mental well-being (WEMWBS scale scores) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	The Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) assessed mental well-being	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	No
Secondary	Change from baseline presenteeism (WLQ scores) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) assessed presenteeism.	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	No
Secondary	Change from baseline % work productivity loss (WLQ index score) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up	The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) assessed % of work productivity loss	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	No
Secondary	Change from baseline activity-related energy expenditure (METs-min/week) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up.	The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form assessed activity-related energy expenditure	Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up	No

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