Iterative development of Stand Up Australia: a multi-component intervention to reduce workplace sitting

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Elizabeth G Eakin²  Anthony D LaMontagne³  David W Dunstan¹  Neville Owen³  Sheleigh Lawler⁴  Brianna S Fjeldsoe⁴  Genevieve N Healy²  Maike Neuhaus⁴ 

[1] The University of Melbourne, School of Population & Global Health, Melbourne, Australia;Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;The McCaughey Centre, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia;The University of Queensland, School of Population Health, Cancer Prevention Research Centre, Herston, Queensland, Australia

关键词: Height-adjustable workstations;    Office workers;    Workplace intervention;    Workplace;    Postural transitions;    Physical activity;    Sit-stand;    Sitting time;    Sedentary behaviour;    Intervention development;   

Others  :  805314
DOI  :  10.1186/1479-5868-11-21

 received in 2013-08-01, accepted in 2014-02-17,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

Sitting, particularly in prolonged, unbroken bouts, is widespread within the office workplace, yet few interventions have addressed this newly-identified health risk behaviour. This paper describes the iterative development process and resulting intervention procedures for the Stand Up Australia research program focusing on a multi-component workplace intervention to reduce sitting time.

Methods

The development of Stand Up Australia followed three phases. 1) Conceptualisation: Stand Up Australia was based on social cognitive theory and social ecological model components. These were operationalised via a taxonomy of intervention strategies and designed to target multiple levels of influence including: organisational structures (e.g. via management consultation), the physical work environment (via provision of height-adjustable workstations), and individual employees (e.g. via face-to-face coaching). 2) Formative research: Intervention components were separately tested for their feasibility and acceptability. 3) Pilot studies: Stand Up Comcare tested the integrated intervention elements in a controlled pilot study examining efficacy, feasibility and acceptability. Stand Up UQ examined the additional value of the organisational- and individual-level components over height-adjustable workstations only in a three-arm controlled trial. In both pilot studies, office workers’ sitting time was measured objectively using activPAL3 devices and the intervention was refined based on qualitative feedback from managers and employees.

Results

Results and feedback from participants and managers involved in the intervention development phases suggest high efficacy, acceptance, and feasibility of all intervention components. The final version of the Stand Up Australia intervention includes strategies at the organisational (senior management consultation, representatives consultation workshop, team champions, staff information and brainstorming session with information booklet, and supportive emails from managers to staff), environmental (height-adjustable workstations), and individual level (face-to-face coaching session and telephone support). Stand Up Australia is currently being evaluated in the context of a cluster-randomised controlled trial at the Department of Human Services (DHS) in Melbourne, Australia.

Conclusions

Stand Up Australia is an evidence-guided and systematically developed workplace intervention targeting reductions in office workers’ sitting time.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Neuhaus et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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