Clinical trial NCT02172599: Take A Stand for Workplace Health: A Sit-stand Workstation Project Evaluation
Official title: The Influence of Sit-stand Workstations Upon Total Physical Activity: a 12 Month Randomised Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Physical Activity
Keywords: sit-stand workstation
workplace
multi-component intervention
randomised control trial design
physical activity
sitting
sedentary behaviour
process evaluation
health
Lead sponsor: Brunel University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Macmillan Canceer Support
name: Ergotron
name: Public Health England
First posted: 2014-06-24
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: FACTORIAL
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Physical Activity
timeFrame: Measured 5 times over 13 months, for seven days each time. Time points = baseline, 1-2weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: London
country: United Kingdom
facility: Public Health England, SKipton House
city: London
country: United Kingdom
facility: Macmillan Cancer Support UK Office
Study officials:
affiliation: Brunel University
name: Jennifer Hall, BSc
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Hall J, Kay T, McConnell A, Mansfield L. "Why would you want to stand?" an account of the lived experience of employees taking part in a workplace sit-stand desk intervention. BMC Public Health. 2019 Dec 17;19(1):1692. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-8038-9.
citation: Hall J, Mansfield L, Kay T, McConnell AK. The effect of a sit-stand workstation intervention on daily sitting, standing and physical activity: protocol for a 12 month workplace randomised control trial. BMC Public Health. 2015 Feb 15;15:152. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1506-y.