Journal article
Cross-sectional Examination of Long-term Access to Sit-Stand Desks in a Professional Office Setting
American journal of preventive medicine, Vol.50(1), pp.96-100
01/2016
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.07.013
PMID: 26437867
Abstract
Prolonged sedentary behavior is an independent risk factor for many negative health outcomes. Although many employers have begun introducing sit-stand desks as means of reducing employee's occupational sitting time, few studies have examined the impact of prolonged access to such desks on sitting/standing time or cardiometabolic outcomes. The present study compared occupational sedentary/physical activity behaviors and cardiometabolic biomarkers among employees with long-term access to traditional sitting and sit-stand desks.
This study used a naturalistic, cross-sectional study design. Occupational sedentary and physical activity behaviors and cardiometabolic health outcomes were collected in a controlled laboratory between February and June 2014. Data were analyzed in September 2014. Adults working in full-time sedentary desk jobs who reported having either a sit-stand desk (n=31) or standard sitting desk (n=38) for a minimum of 6 months were recruited.
Employees with sit-stand desks sat less (p=0.02) and stood more at work (p=0.01) compared with employees with sitting desks. Significant inverse correlations were observed between several occupational physical activity outcomes (walking time, steps at work) and cardiometabolic risk factors (systolic blood pressure, weight, lean mass, BMI) over the entire sample.
Employees with long-term access to sit-stand desks sat less and stood more compared with employees with sitting desks. These findings hold public health significance, as sit-stand desks represent a potentially sustainable approach for reducing sedentary behavior among the large, growing number of sedentary workers at increased risk for sedentariness-related pathologies.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Cross-sectional Examination of Long-term Access to Sit-Stand Desks in a Professional Office Setting
- Creators
- Lucas J Carr - Behavioral Medicine Laboratory, Department of Health and Human Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. Electronic address: lucas-carr@uiowa.eduMaggie Swift - Behavioral Medicine Laboratory, Department of Health and Human Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaAlex Ferrer - Behavioral Medicine Laboratory, Department of Health and Human Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IowaRoberto Benzo - Behavioral Medicine Laboratory, Department of Health and Human Physiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- American journal of preventive medicine, Vol.50(1), pp.96-100
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.07.013
- PMID
- 26437867
- NLM abbreviation
- Am J Prev Med
- ISSN
- 0749-3797
- eISSN
- 1873-2607
- Publisher
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2016
- Academic Unit
- Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984001105902771
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