The impact of height-adjustable desks and classroom prompts on classroom sitting time, social, and motivational factors among adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This quasi-experimental study examined the impact of height-adjustable desks in combination with prompts to break up prolonged sitting time during class time and identified social and motivational factors associated with breaking up sitting time among adolescents. Teachers' perceptions of strategies were also examined.

Methods

Over 17 weeks, 1 classroom in a government secondary school in Melbourne, Australia, was equipped with 27 height-adjustable desks and prompts (posters and desk stickers) to break up classroom sitting time. Teachers received professional development in the use of the desks and prompts. One group of adolescents (n = 55) had 2-5 lessons/week using the height-adjustable desks in an intervention classroom, and a comparison group matched by year leve

SUBMITTER: Sudholz B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9923396 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature