Take A Stand for Workplace Health: A Sit-stand Workstation Project Evaluation

Physical Activity Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Influence of Sit-stand Workstations Upon Total Physical Activity: a 12 Month Randomised Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02172599
• Other study ID #: TSWH
• Secondary ID: R33134
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 22, 2014
• Last updated: January 17, 2018
• Start date: May 2014
• Est. completion date: February 2016

Study information

• Verified date: January 2018
• Source: Brunel University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of sit-stand workstations to total daily physical activity in a multi-component office-based 12 month intervention.

Description:

This study adopts a randomised control trial design and is mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative). The outcome data from the trial is quantitative. Alongside this a qualitative process evaluation will be conducted to inform the intervention, explain trial results and understand the intervention implementation and context (Cathain et al. 2014). Two worksites will participate in this study, in line with COCHRANE recommendations for randomised control trials.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: February 2016
• Est. primary completion date: February 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must be a full-time employee on a fixed term contract for at least 18 months at one of the two worksites involved in the study (Macmillan Cancer Support, Public Health England)

• Must engage in primarily desk-based work

• Must have their own desk (i.e. does not hot desk) Must be primarily office based (i.e. not working from home)

• Must have no plans to leave the organisation for an extended period (e.g. holiday > 4 weeks or secondment) or finitely before the anticipated study end date (January 2016)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have engaged in standing-based desk work in the month prior to the start of the study

• Have been advised against standing by a health professional; or be unable to stand

• Work for the Macmillan Support Line

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Activity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Sit-stand workstation provision
The research compares the effects of a sit-stand workstation only and a multi-component sit-stand workstation intervention including individual and organisation-level approaches, with usual office-based working practice (no sit-stand workstation) over 12 months.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United Kingdom	Macmillan Cancer Support UK Office	London
United Kingdom	Public Health England, SKipton House	London

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brunel University	Ergotron, Macmillan Canceer Support, Public Health England

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United Kingdom, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical Activity	ActivPAL: Sitting and standing will be measured objectively using the ActivPAL device. The ActivPAL provides reliable measures of total sitting time and standing time, and number of sit-to-stand transitions per hour (Lyden et al. 2012).; ActiGraph (GT3X+): Physical activity intensity and duration will be measured objectively using the ActiGraph activity monitor.The GT3X reliably classifies physical activity intensity in free-living environments (Ozemek et al. 2014).; Activity diaries: These dairies will be used to assess the type and context of physical activity behaviour. A text reminder will be sent to all participants once daily for the duration of the data collection period. Text message models have shown some success in increasing compliance to research (Armstrong et al. 2009).	Measured 5 times over 13 months, for seven days each time. Time points = baseline, 1-2weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months

External Links

•   This link illustrates the workstation options that will be utilized in this intervention study
•   This link provides advice on returning to work for people affected by cancer
•   This link provides physical activity information for people affected by cancer