TY - JOUR
T1 - Usage of Sit-Stand Workstations and Associations between Work and Nonwork Sitting Time
T2 - An Observational Study
AU - Mazzotta, Michael A.
AU - Ferrar, Katia
AU - Fraysse, Francois
AU - Lewis, Lucy K.
AU - McEvoy, Maureen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2018/5/1
Y1 - 2018/5/1
N2 - Objective: No studies have objectively measured habitual usage of sit-stand workstations. Methods: Eighteen full-time office workers participated (47.9 ± 9.2 years, 61% female). Sitting time was objectively measured (activPAL, 24 h/7 days), and time at desk, desk position, and perceptions of desk use were self-reported. Results: Participants sat for 39% of their daily workstation time, and changed workstation position twice daily. The most common reasons for standing included back pain (44%) and tiredness (22%). The majority of participants received no workstation occupational health (72%) or educational (61%) information. Workstation standing time had a significant moderate correlation with total daily standing time (P = 0.02). Conclusion: Office workers with sit-stand workstations rarely change desk position, and there is no relationship between the time spent sitting at the workstation, and total daily sitting time. Education about the workstations was limited.
AB - Objective: No studies have objectively measured habitual usage of sit-stand workstations. Methods: Eighteen full-time office workers participated (47.9 ± 9.2 years, 61% female). Sitting time was objectively measured (activPAL, 24 h/7 days), and time at desk, desk position, and perceptions of desk use were self-reported. Results: Participants sat for 39% of their daily workstation time, and changed workstation position twice daily. The most common reasons for standing included back pain (44%) and tiredness (22%). The majority of participants received no workstation occupational health (72%) or educational (61%) information. Workstation standing time had a significant moderate correlation with total daily standing time (P = 0.02). Conclusion: Office workers with sit-stand workstations rarely change desk position, and there is no relationship between the time spent sitting at the workstation, and total daily sitting time. Education about the workstations was limited.
KW - office workers
KW - sedentary time
KW - sit-stand workstation
KW - sitting
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001252
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000001252
M3 - Article
C2 - 29252918
AN - SCOPUS:85046685299
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 60
SP - e268-e272
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 5
ER -