Evaluating a multi-component intervention to reduce and break up office workers' sitting with sit-stand desks using the APEASE criteria.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Sedentary workplace interventions have had success in reducing excessive sitting time in office workers, but barriers to implementation and uptake remain. This study formally assessed a theory-derived, sit-stand desk intervention using the APEASE (Acceptability, Practicability, Effectiveness, Affordability, Side-effects, Equity) criteria.

Methods

Thirteen adults (eight female, mean age 38 ± 10 years) from the treatment arm of a sedentary behaviour intervention participated in semi-structured interviews. Thematic codes were inductively assigned to data items followed by deductive charting using the APEASE criteria.

Results

The intervention was highly acceptable, practicable, safe to deploy, and helped workers reduce workplace sitting time, though individual p

SUBMITTER: Brierley ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8902706 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature