Brief Standing Desk Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior at a Physical Activity Conference in 2016

Jason J. Wilson; Deepti Adlakha; Conor Cunningham; Paul Best; Chris R. Cardwell; Aoife Stephenson; Marie H. Murphy; Mark A. Tully

doi:10.2105/AJPH.2018.304515

Brief Standing Desk Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Behavior at a Physical Activity Conference in 2016

Jason J. Wilson
, Deepti Adlakha
, Conor Cunningham
, Paul Best
, Chris R. Cardwell
, Aoife Stephenson
, Marie H. Murphy
, Mark A. Tully

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Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To examine the impact of environmental restructuring on attendees at a physical activity conference when provided with standing tables and given point-of-decision prompts (PODPs; e.g., health messages).

METHODS: This randomized controlled trial took place at the Health-Enhancing Physical Activity Europe 2016 conference in Belfast, United Kingdom, September 2016. We randomly allocated 14 oral sessions to either the intervention group (standing tables + PODPs; n = 7) or the control group (PODPs only; n = 7). Conference volunteers discreetly recorded the number of attendees standing and sitting and estimated the number of women and attendees aged 40 years or older.

RESULTS: There was a significant difference (P = .04) in the proportion of attendees standing during the intervention (mean = 16.8%; SD = 9.5%) than during control sessions (mean = 6.0%; SD = 5.8%). There was no differential response between gender and age groups in the proportion standing during intervention sessions (P > .05).

CONCLUSIONS: Providing standing tables may be a feasible and effective strategy to reduce sitting at physical activity conferences.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1197-1199
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Public Health
Volume	108
Issue number	9
Early online date	8 Aug 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2018.304515
Publication status	Published (in print/issue) - 30 Sept 2018

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Keywords

Adult
Congresses as Topic
Exercise
Female
Humans
Interior Design and Furnishings
Male
Sedentary Behavior

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