Take A Stand for Workplace Health: A Sit-stand Workstation Project Evaluation

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02172599
• Recruitment Status: Completed
• First Posted: June 24, 2014
• Last Update Posted: January 18, 2018
• Sponsor: Brunel University
• Collaborators: Macmillan Canceer Support; Ergotron; Public Health England
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Jennifer Hall, Brunel University

Tracking Information

• First Submitted Date: June 22, 2014
• First Posted Date: June 24, 2014
• Last Update Posted Date: January 18, 2018
• Actual Study Start Date: May 2014
• Actual Primary Completion Date: February 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Current Primary Outcome Measures (submitted: January 27, 2015)

Physical Activity [ Time Frame: Measured 5 times over 13 months, for seven days each time. Time points = baseline, 1-2weeks, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months ]

ActivPAL: Sitting and standing will be measured objectively using the ActivPAL device. The ActivPAL provides reliable measures of total sitting time and standing time, and number of sit-to-stand transitions per hour (Lyden et al. 2012). ActiGraph (GT3X+): Physical activity intensity and duration will be measured objectively using the ActiGraph activity monitor.The GT3X reliably classifies physical activity intensity in free-living environments (Ozemek et al. 2014). Activity diaries: These dairies will be used to assess the type and context of physical activity behaviour. A text reminder will be sent to all participants once daily for the duration of the data collection period. Text message models have shown some success in increasing compliance to research (Armstrong et al. 2009).

Original Primary Outcome Measures (submitted: June 22, 2014)

Physical Activity [ Time Frame: Measured 6 times over 13 months, for seven days each time. Time points = baseline, 1-2weeks, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months ]

ActivPAL Sitting and standing will be measured objectively using the ActivPAL device. The ActivPAL provides reliable measures of total sitting time and standing time, and number of sit-to-stand transitions per hour (Lyden et al. 2012). ActiGraph (GT3X+) Physical activity intensity and duration will be measured objectively using the ActiGraph activity monitor.The GT3X reliably classifies physical activity intensity in free-living environments (Ozemek et al. 2014). Participant Diaries Activity dairies will be used to assess the type and context of physical activity behaviour. A text reminder will be sent to all participants once daily for the duration of the data collection period. Text message models have shown some success in increasing compliance to research (Armstrong et al. 2009).

• Current Secondary Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Original Secondary Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures: Not Provided

Descriptive Information

• Brief Title: Take A Stand for Workplace Health: A Sit-stand Workstation Project Evaluation
• Official Title: The Influence of Sit-stand Workstations Upon Total Physical Activity: a 12 Month Randomised Controlled Trial
• Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to examine the contribution of sit-stand workstations to total daily physical activity in a multi-component office-based 12 month intervention.
• Detailed Description: This study adopts a randomised control trial design and is mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative). The outcome data from the trial is quantitative. Alongside this a qualitative process evaluation will be conducted to inform the intervention, explain trial results and understand the intervention implementation and context (Cathain et al. 2014). Two worksites will participate in this study, in line with COCHRANE recommendations for randomised control trials.
• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Phase: Not Applicable
• Study Design: Allocation: Randomized; Intervention Model: Factorial Assignment; Masking: None (Open Label); Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Condition: Physical Activity

Intervention

Behavioral: Sit-stand workstation provision

The research compares the effects of a sit-stand workstation only and a multi-component sit-stand workstation intervention including individual and organisation-level approaches, with usual office-based working practice (no sit-stand workstation) over 12 months.

Other Name: Ergotron: workfit-A, workfit-D

Study Arms

• Experimental: multi-component intervention

  Sit-stand workstation provision

  The multi-component intervention will align with the World Health Authority's promotion of a healthy workplace model, which emphasises that best-practice workplace health interventions should involve an integrated approach involving organisation and individual level approaches to behaviour change (WHO, 2010). Thus, participants will receive a sit-stand workstation with additional support to use the sit-stand workstation.

  Intervention: Behavioral: Sit-stand workstation provision
• Experimental: Sit-stand workstation only

  Sit-stand workstation provision

  Participants in this arm will receive a sit-stand workstation. They will not receive any support to use the sit-stand workstation, except some health and safety advice upon installation.

  Intervention: Behavioral: Sit-stand workstation provision
• No Intervention: Usual practice (seated workstation)
  This arm is the control group. They will continue to use their usual seated workstation for the duration of the study.

Publications *

• Hall J, Kay T, McConnell A, Mansfield L. "Why would you want to stand?" an account of the lived experience of employees taking part in a workplace sit-stand desk intervention. BMC Public Health. 2019 Dec 17;19(1):1692. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-8038-9.
• Hall J, Mansfield L, Kay T, McConnell AK. The effect of a sit-stand workstation intervention on daily sitting, standing and physical activity: protocol for a 12 month workplace randomised control trial. BMC Public Health. 2015 Feb 15;15:152. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1506-y.

Recruitment Information

• Recruitment Status: Completed
• Actual Enrollment (submitted: June 22, 2014): 30
• Original Estimated Enrollment: Same as current
• Actual Study Completion Date: February 2016
• Actual Primary Completion Date: February 2016 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must be a full-time employee on a fixed term contract for at least 18 months at one of the two worksites involved in the study (Macmillan Cancer Support, Public Health England)
• Must engage in primarily desk-based work
• Must have their own desk (i.e. does not hot desk) Must be primarily office based (i.e. not working from home)
• Must have no plans to leave the organisation for an extended period (e.g. holiday > 4 weeks or secondment) or finitely before the anticipated study end date (January 2016)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Have engaged in standing-based desk work in the month prior to the start of the study
• Have been advised against standing by a health professional; or be unable to stand
• Work for the Macmillan Support Line

Sex/Gender

• Sexes Eligible for Study: All

• Ages: 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Contacts: Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
• Listed Location Countries: United Kingdom

Administrative Information

• NCT Number: NCT02172599
• Other Study ID Numbers: TSWH; R33134 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: Macmillan Cancer Support )
• Has Data Monitoring Committee: Yes
• U.S. FDA-regulated Product: Not Provided
• IPD Sharing Statement: Not Provided
• Responsible Party: Jennifer Hall, Brunel University
• Study Sponsor: Brunel University

Collaborators

• Macmillan Canceer Support
• Ergotron
• Public Health England

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Jennifer Hall, BSc; Brunel University

• PRS Account: Brunel University
• Verification Date: January 2018