Feasibility and acceptability of general practitioners using sit-stand desks: a feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The primary aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility and acceptability of general practitioners (GPs) using sit-stand desks to facilitate standing during consultations. A further aim was to examine the views of patients about GPs standing for their consultations.

Design

A pre-post single-group experimental trial design.

Setting

General practices in England, UK.

Participants

42 GPs (working a minimum of five clinical sessions per week) and 301 patients (aged ≥18 years).

Interventions

The intervention consisted of each GP having a sit-stand desk (Opløft Sit-Stand Platform) installed in their consultation room for 4 working weeks. Sit-stand desks allow users to switch, in a few seconds, between a sitting and standing position and vice

SUBMITTER: Biddle GJH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11328620 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature