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Table 1 Summary of measures used in the Stand Up Victoria office workplace intervention

From: Reducing office workers’ sitting time: rationale and study design for the Stand Up Victoria cluster randomized trial

Behavioural

Objectively measured physical activity and sitting time

Objective & self-report

activPAL3

 ● Workplace sitting time (primary outcome)

 ● Prolonged (>= 30 mins) workplace sitting time

 ● Workplace standing time

 ● Workplace moving time (stepping time, no. steps)

 ● Number of sit-stand transitions at workplace

 ● Non-workplace sitting, standing, moving time

Actigraph GT3X+

 ● Average daily MVPA

 ● Average daily light physical activity

Self-report measures

 ● % sitting, standing, walking and physically demanding tasks at work

 ● Recent work attendance (days/week; hours/week)

 ● Non-workplace sitting time; TV/video viewing time

 ● Diet (fat intake; fibre intake)

 ● Smoking status

Anthropometric Objectively measured

 ● Height (baseline only)

 ● Weight

 ● BMI (kg/m2)

 ● Waist circumference

 ● Hip circumference

 ● Waist-Hip ratio

 ● Body composition (% and kg fat and fat-free mass)

Cardio-metabolic Objectively measured

 ● Fasting blood glucose

 ● Fasting insulin

 ● Cholesterol (total, HDL, LDL)

 ● Triglycerides

 ● Blood pressure

Socio-demographic Self-report

All baseline only

 ● Age

 ● Gender

 ● Race/ethnicity

 ● Marital status

 ● Education

Health status Self-report

 ● History of diabetes & hyperlipidaemia (baseline only)

 

 ● Musculoskeletal health

 

 ● Eye strain

 

 ● Stress-related symptoms (fatigue, headaches, digestive problems, sleep quality)

Work Self-report, internal DHS measure, and employee records

 ● Employment status (baseline only) including length of tenure; job classification; full-time equivalent (FTE) level

 ● Secondary employment status (including FTE)

 ● Productivity

 ● Presenteeism/absenteeism

 ● Work performance

Psychosocial-EnvironmentalSelf-report and objectively measured

 ● Perceptions of the work environment

 ● Desk/workstation utilisation

 ● Frequency and duration of working with colleagues as well as perceived adequacy of space(s) for such interactions.

 ● Quality of life

 ● Acceptability of workstations (intervention group only)

 ● Preference for sitting and standing in the workplace

 ● Knowledge

 ● Barrier self efficacy

Perceived behavioural control

 ● Perceived organisational social norms

 ● Use of self-regulation strategies

 ● Use of intervention-specific strategies

 ● Descriptive office audit

Cost-effectivenessSelf-report

 ● Health-related quality of life

 ● Health care utilisation

 ● Cost to deliver intervention

 ● Adverse events (intervention group only; 3 and 12 months only)

  1. All measurements completed at baseline, 3- and 12-months except where noted.