Clinical trial NCT03649893: Effectivness of Active Office Intervention
Official title: The Effectivness of Multi-modal Intervention for Reducing Sedentary Behavior in Office Workers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sedentary Lifestyle
Keywords: sedentary behavior
phyical activity
workplace interventions
active breaks
workplace ergonomics
Lead sponsor: University of Primorska
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Innorenew CoE
First posted: 2018-08-28
Enrollment: 20
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomised Controlled Trial
Primary purpose: DEVICE_FEASIBILITY

Brief summary: The Active Office study is focusing on interventions with potential to reduce sedentary behavior and increase physical activity in office workers. The participants will be devided in two groups, the experimental and the control group. The participants in the experimental group will use active office (sit-to-stand desk, bike desk, seddle chair and active breaks) for one week, whereas the control group will remain in the conventional sitting-desk office. All the participants will wear ActivePal for 5 consecutive day and complete the measurements (heart rate, blood pressure). The goal of the study is to evaluate the effects of active office on sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in office workers.

Detailed description: Sedentary behavior is racognised as an independent risk factor for the development of non-communicable diseases. It is estimated that office workers spent up to 80 % of their working time sedentary and do not compensate by sitting less in their leisure time. Therefore, interventions with potential to reduce sedentary behavior and increase phyical activity levels are of increasing interest. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of active office, including sit-to-stand desk, bike desk, seddle chair, and active breaks, on sedentary behavior, physical activity levels, and cardio-vascular parameters. The study design will be randomised control trial with one experimental and one control group. The participants in the experimental group will use active office for one week whereas the control group will use the conventional office. All the participants will wear ActivePal for 5 consecutive day and complete the measurements (heart rate, blood pressure). The participants will also complete quastionaires about the sedentary behavior and physical activity levels (Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire, Global Physical Activity Questionnaire). Moreover, at the baseline and on the last day of measurements the investigators will measure the work environment factors (light, noise, air flow, temperature). The goal of the study is to evaluate the effects of active office on sedentary behavior and physical activity levels in office workers.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* office workers spending at least 70 % of their working time sedentary
* aged between 18 and 65

Exclusion Criteria:

* body mass index \> 30kg/m2
* pain presence in any musculokeletal part \> 3 on 10-level scale
* presence of any non-communicable chronical diseases
* pregnancy

Primary outcomes:
measure: Weekly physical activity levels
timeFrame: 5 days
measure: Weekly sitting time
timeFrame: 5 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Heart rate
timeFrame: 5 days
measure: Blood Pressure
timeFrame: Baseline and after 5 days
measure: Global Physical Activity Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline and after 5 days
measure: Sedentary Behavior Questionnaire
timeFrame: Baseline and after 5 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Izola
country: Slovenia
facility: InnoRenew
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Primorska
name: Nejc Sarabon, Phd
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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