| Sit-stand desks in call centres: Associations of use and ergonomics awareness with sedentary behavior. | |
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PMID: 23218118 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether or not use of sit-stand desks and awareness of the importance of postural variation and breaks are associated with the pattern of sedentary behavior in office workers. METHOD: The data came from a cross-sectional observation study of Swedish call centre workers. Inclinometers recorded 'seated' or 'standing/walking' episodes of 131 operators over a full work shift. Differences in sedentary behavior based on desk type and awareness of the importance of posture variation and breaks were assessed by non-parametric analyses. RESULTS: 90 (68.7%) operators worked at a sit-stand desk. Working at a sit-stand desk, as opposed to a sit desk, was associated with less time seated (78.5 vs 83.8%, p = 0.010), and less time taken to accumulate 5 min of standing/walking (36.2 vs 46.3 min, p = 0.022), but no significant difference to sitting episode length or the number of switches between sitting and standing/walking per hour. Ergonomics awareness was not associated with any sedentary pattern variable among those using a sit-stand desk. CONCLUSION: Use of sit-stand desks was associated with better sedentary behavior in call centre workers, however ergonomics awareness did not enhance the effect. |
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Leon Straker; Rebecca A Abbott; Marina Heiden; Svend Erik Mathiassen; Allan Toomingas |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-12-3 |
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Title: Applied ergonomics Volume: - ISSN: 1872-9126 ISO Abbreviation: Appl Ergon Publication Date: 2012 Dec |
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Created Date: 2012-12-10 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0261412 Medline TA: Appl Ergon Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2012. Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
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School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. |
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