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Table 3 Characteristics of employees (not) requesting the advice and predictors of advice request (logistic regression)

From: Theory-driven, web-based, computer-tailored advice to reduce and interrupt sitting at work: development, feasibility and acceptability testing among employees

 

Employees not requesting the advice (n = 89)

Employees requesting the advice (n = 90)

Logistic regression analysis

Odds ratio

95 % CI

P

Socio-demographics

Gender:

  

1.156

0.454–2.945

0.761

n (%) womena

66 (74.2)

68 (75.6)

   

Age:

  

1.522

0.686–3.378

0.302

years ± SDb

40.1 ± 9.8

41.8 ± 9.1

   

Education:

  

2.447

1.027–5.828

0.043

n (%) low educationa

32 (36.4)

19 (21.1)

   

Employment status:

  

0.339

0.141–0.815

0.016

n (%) part–time employeda

24 (27.0)

38 (42.2)

   

Sedentary behaviour

Workday sitting time:

  

1.098

0.470–2.566

0.829

hours/day ± SDb

11.1 ± 2.9

11.4 ± 2.5

   

Non-workday sitting time:

  

1.892

0.877–4.081

0.104

hours/day ± SDb

7.4 ± 3.6

7.9 ± 3.6

   

Sitting time at work:

  

0.886

0.374–2.101

0.784

hours/day ± SDb

6.83 ± 1.26

6.89 ± 1.33

   

Breaks at work:

  

0.478

0.209–1.091

0.080

n (%) <2 breaks/houra

22 (26.8)

36 (41.4)

   

Psychosocial correlates towards short standing breaks at the desk

Attitudes: mean ± SDb

4.1 ± 0.7

4.2 ± 0.6

1.966

0.837–4.618

0.052

Self-efficacy: mean ± SDb

3.9 ± 0.8

3.8 ± 0.7

0.405

0.163–1.007

0.892

Social support: mean ± SDb

3.2 ± 1.1

3.3 ± 1.1

1.054

0.496–2.239

0.161

Intention to change: n (%)c

73 (86.9)

73 (82.0)

0.476

0.168–1.346

0.338

  1. areference category is this group, breference category is group with lowest value through median value of this variable, creference category is group with no intention to change
  2. CI confidence interval
  3. Bold surfaces indicate statistically (borderline) significant associations (P < .10)