W@WS: Effectiveness of a Workplace "Sit Less and Move More" Web-based Program in Spanish Office Employees (Walk@WorkSpain)

Sponsor

University of Vic - Central University of Catalonia (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02960750

Collaborator

Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, Spain (Other), University Ramon Llull (Other), University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) (Other), University of Vigo (Other), The University of Queensland (Other), University of Leeds (Other)

264

Enrollment

Locations

Arms

Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site

7.4

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

This study assesses the short and mid-term impacts of a workplace web-based intervention (Walk@WorkSpain, W@WS) on self-reported occupational sitting time, step counts, activity-related energy expenditure, physical risk factors for chronic disease and efficiency-related outcomes in Spanish office employees. Half of participants had access to the W@WS website program while the other half was asked to maintain habitual behaviour.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Sedentary Lifestyle Workplace Quality of Life Intervention Study	Behavioral: A workplace "sit less and move more" web-based program for Spanish office employees Behavioral: Active Comparison group	N/A

Detailed Description

Rising numbers of people have to sit for long hours every day especially for work and transport (3401184). This sedentary pattern that has been detrimentally associated with obesity and cardiovascular disease markers (4604082). However, replacing as little as 10 minutes of sedentary time with the same amount of light or moderate physical activity is associated with substantial health benefits (i.e. reduction of the metabolic syndrome) (26635358).

Because eighty percent of adults in developed countries spend one third of their working day doing sedentary, desk-based tasks (24603203) -representing a high exposure to this established health risk- displacing occupational sitting with physical activity may be a feasible option for improving office employees´ health and therefore public health (26984326).

In this context, there is a need to develop and evaluate translational research, based on theoretically-derived strategies, that can be successfully embedded into workplaces (26984326).

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

264 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Single (Participant)

Primary Purpose:

Treatment

Official Title:

Effectiveness of a Workplace "Sit Less and Move More" Web-based Program (Walk@WorkSpain) on Occupational Sedentary Behavior, Habitual Physical Activity, Physical Risk Factors for Chronic Disease and Efficiency-related Outcomes in Spanish Office Employees

Study Start Date :

Sep 1, 2010

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Jun 1, 2011

Actual Study Completion Date :

Jun 1, 2011

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group Had access to the W@WS website program during 19 weeks.	Behavioral: A workplace "sit less and move more" web-based program for Spanish office employees W@WS encourages office employees to progressively 'sit less and move more' during workdays over 19 weeks. During the first 8 weeks (ramping phase), tips are provided every two weeks to break occupational sitting time through incidental movement during work tasks, introduce short walks (5-10 minutes) during morning/afternoon work breaks and/or commuting time, introduce longer walks at lunchtime and achieve at least 10,000 daily steps as well as increase walking intensity. During weeks 9 to 19, W@WS provides automated guidance with periodic emails encouraging behaviors achieved in the previous phase. Ecological support strategies such as logging daily step counts into a personal account and receiving visual feedback on the achievement of goals are also provided Other Names: Walk@WorkSpain W@WS
Active Comparator: Active comparison group Maintained habitual behavior.	Behavioral: Active Comparison group The Active Comparison group maintained habitual behavior. The A-CG was given a pedometer and a paper diary to register daily step counts and self-reported sitting time throughout the intervention. Other Names: A-CG

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Intervention group

Had access to the W@WS website program during 19 weeks.

Behavioral: A workplace "sit less and move more" web-based program for Spanish office employees

W@WS encourages office employees to progressively 'sit less and move more' during workdays over 19 weeks. During the first 8 weeks (ramping phase), tips are provided every two weeks to break occupational sitting time through incidental movement during work tasks, introduce short walks (5-10 minutes) during morning/afternoon work breaks and/or commuting time, introduce longer walks at lunchtime and achieve at least 10,000 daily steps as well as increase walking intensity. During weeks 9 to 19, W@WS provides automated guidance with periodic emails encouraging behaviors achieved in the previous phase. Ecological support strategies such as logging daily step counts into a personal account and receiving visual feedback on the achievement of goals are also provided

Other Names:

Walk@WorkSpain

W@WS

Active Comparator: Active comparison group

Maintained habitual behavior.

Behavioral: Active Comparison group

The Active Comparison group maintained habitual behavior. The A-CG was given a pedometer and a paper diary to register daily step counts and self-reported sitting time throughout the intervention.

Other Names:

A-CG

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Change from baseline occupational sitting time (minutes/day) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up. [Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up]
A paper diary log assessed self-reported occupational sitting time.
Change from baseline step counts (steps/day) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up [Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up]
A pedometer (Yamax 200) assessed daily step counts

Secondary Outcome Measures

Change from baseline waist circumference (cms) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up [Baseline,19 weeks, two months follow-up]
A flexible steel tape (Seca 203) assessed waist circumference
Change from baseline body mass index (kgs/m-2) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up [Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up]
An electronic scale (Seca 899/217) assessed body weight and height to calculate BMI.
Change from baseline blood pressure (mmHg) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up [Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up]
A digital automatic blood pressure monitor (Omron M7) assessed blood pressure.
Change from baseline mental well-being (WEMWBS scale scores) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up [Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up]
The Warwick-Edinburg Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS) assessed mental well-being
Change from baseline presenteeism (WLQ scores) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up [Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up]
The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) assessed presenteeism.
Change from baseline % work productivity loss (WLQ index score) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up [Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up]
The Work Limitations Questionnaire (WLQ) assessed % of work productivity loss
Change from baseline activity-related energy expenditure (METs-min/week) at post-intervention (19 weeks) and two months follow-up. [Baseline, 19 weeks, two months follow-up]
The International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) short form assessed activity-related energy expenditure

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 65 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Office employees (university administrative and academic staff) with low and moderate physical activity levels (0 to 3,000 MET·min·wk-1 according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire)

Exclusion Criteria:

Highly active office employees (>3,000 MET·min·wk-1 according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire)

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia	Vic	Barcelona	Spain	08500
2	University of Vigo	Pontevedra	Galicia	Spain	36005
3	Vasque Country University	Vitoria	Vasque Country	Spain	01007
4	University Ramon Llull	Barcelona		Spain	08022