TY - JOUR
T1 - Workplace-Related Factors Associated With Employees’ Standing Time at Work
T2 - A Research Brief
AU - Wilkerson, Amanda H.
AU - Usdan, Stuart L.
AU - Knowlden, Adam P.
AU - Leeper, James L.
AU - Birch, David A.
AU - Hibberd, Elizabeth E.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the help of Wanda Burton, Sarah Pember, and Andrew Piazza, who assisted with the data collection for the study. Also, the researchers would like to thank the participants, as this study would not have been completed without their participation. The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2018.
PY - 2019/5/1
Y1 - 2019/5/1
N2 - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between work-related, individual, and environmental factors and self-reported standing time during the workday. Design: Cross-sectional study design. Setting: Participants were recruited from a large, public university in the southeastern United States. Measures: Data were collected through an 87-item online survey using previously validated scales that assessed workplace standing time, demographic variables, work-related psychosocial factors, and workplace environment factors. Analysis: One-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients, and nonparametric tests were used to determine univariate relationships between standing time and independent work-related variables and demographic factors. Results: Mean standing time among the sample (n = 502) was 72.49 minutes (standard deviation = 73.48) daily. There was a significant relationship between standing time and barrier self-efficacy for standing at work, self-regulation strategies, social norms, local connectivity in the workplace, overall connectivity in the workplace, and proximity of coworkers. Standing time was significantly higher for men, employees with an advanced degree, employees with a standing desk, and faculty. Conclusion: Health promotion researchers and practitioners should consider factors at multiple levels of influence when designing studies to explore workplace sedentary behavior. The findings regarding variations in workplace behavior by employee subgroups should be taken into consideration when designing future studies in the workplace.
AB - Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship between work-related, individual, and environmental factors and self-reported standing time during the workday. Design: Cross-sectional study design. Setting: Participants were recruited from a large, public university in the southeastern United States. Measures: Data were collected through an 87-item online survey using previously validated scales that assessed workplace standing time, demographic variables, work-related psychosocial factors, and workplace environment factors. Analysis: One-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation coefficients, and nonparametric tests were used to determine univariate relationships between standing time and independent work-related variables and demographic factors. Results: Mean standing time among the sample (n = 502) was 72.49 minutes (standard deviation = 73.48) daily. There was a significant relationship between standing time and barrier self-efficacy for standing at work, self-regulation strategies, social norms, local connectivity in the workplace, overall connectivity in the workplace, and proximity of coworkers. Standing time was significantly higher for men, employees with an advanced degree, employees with a standing desk, and faculty. Conclusion: Health promotion researchers and practitioners should consider factors at multiple levels of influence when designing studies to explore workplace sedentary behavior. The findings regarding variations in workplace behavior by employee subgroups should be taken into consideration when designing future studies in the workplace.
KW - behavioral
KW - ecological
KW - nonexperimental
KW - relationship testing
KW - sedentary behavior
KW - standing time
KW - workplace
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U2 - 10.1177/0890117118807407
DO - 10.1177/0890117118807407
M3 - Article
C2 - 30370784
AN - SCOPUS:85059331421
VL - 33
SP - 606
EP - 610
JO - American Journal of Health Promotion
JF - American Journal of Health Promotion
SN - 0890-1171
IS - 4
ER -