Does it matter for health if steps are taken during work or leisure? A prospective accelerometer study using register-based long-term sickness absence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Walking is known to be good for health. However, it is unknown whether it matters if steps are taken during work or leisure. Therefore, we aimed to examine the prospective association between accelerometer-measured steps taken during work or leisure and register-based long-term sickness absence (LTSA).

Methods

We included 937 blue- and white-collar workers from the PODESA cohort who wore a thigh-based accelerometer over four days to measure number of steps during work and leisure. Steps were divided into domain based on diary data. First event of LTSA was retrieved from a national register with four years' follow-up. We used Cox proportional hazard models to analyze the association between domain-specific and total daily steps and LTSA, adjusted for age, sex, job

SUBMITTER: Christensen MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10251587 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature