Investigating facilitators and barriers of university-based administrative staff, residents and researchers to implement an active breaks intervention: a mixed-methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to analyse the barriers and facilitators towards an implementation of active breaks (ABs) intervention inside the workplace.

Methods

This study used a mixed-methods approach, incorporating virtual focus groups and an online questionnaire, conducted among the workers of Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna (Italy). A total of 30 participants (N=30), including administrative and academic staff, PhD candidates, specialised trainees and research fellows, were involved in the study. Key themes and subthemes related to the barriers and facilitators of ABs interventions at the university were identified and categorised according to the three levels of the socio-ecological model.

Results

The most commonly reported barriers are: lack of time,

SUBMITTER: Pinelli E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12414235 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature