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Work-related correlates of occupational sitting in a diverse sample of employees in Midwest metropolitan cities [PDF]

Preventive Medicine Reports, 2017
The worksite serves as an ideal setting to reduce sedentary time. Yet little research has focused on occupational sitting, and few have considered factors beyond the personal or socio-demographic level.
Lin Yang, J. Aaron Hipp, Jung Ae Lee, Rachel G. Tabak, Elizabeth A. Dodson, Christine M. Marx, Ross C. Brownson   +6 more
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Validity of long-term and short-term recall of occupational sitting time in Finnish and Chinese office workers [PDF]

Journal of Sport and Health Science, 2020
Background: As sedentary behavior is a global health issue, there is a need for methods of self-reported sitting assessment. The accuracy and reliability of these methods should also be tested in various populations and different cultural contexts.
Ying Gao, Neil J. Cronin, Nina Nevala, Taija Finni   +3 more
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The occupational sitting and physical activity questionnaire (OSPAQ): a validation study with accelerometer-assessed measures [PDF]

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background The Occupational Sitting and Physical Activity Questionnaire (OSPAQ) was developed as an easy-to-use instrument for self-reported assessment of percentage sitting, standing, walking, and performing heavy labour in a workplace setting.
Iris Maes, Margo Ketels, Delfien Van Dyck, Els Clays   +3 more
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Monitoring Occupational Sitting, Standing, and Stepping in Office Employees With the W@W-App and the MetaWearC Sensor: Validation Study [PDF]

JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2020
BackgroundReplacing occupational sitting time with active tasks has several proposed health benefits for office employees. Mobile phones and motion sensors can provide objective information in real time on occupational sitting behavior.
Bort-Roig, Judit, Chirveches-Pérez, Emilia, Garcia-Cuyàs, Francesc, Dowd, Kieran P, Puig-Ribera, Anna   +4 more
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Evidence base of economic evaluations of workplace-based interventions reducing occupational sitting time: an integrative review [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2022
Objective To review the evidence on the economic evaluations of workplace-based interventions that are designed to reduce prolonged periods of occupational sitting.Design An integrative review.Data sources The search was conducted in 11 databases ...
Raija Korpelainen, Paulus Torkki, Sanaz Akhavan Rad, Frank Kiwanuka   +3 more
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Excessive occupational sitting increases risk of cardiovascular events among working individuals with type 1 diabetes in the prospective Finnish Diabetic Nephropathy Study [PDF]

Cardiovascular Diabetology
Background Sedentary behavior, such as excessive sitting, increases risk of cardiovascular disease and premature mortality in the general population, but this has not been assessed in type 1 diabetes.
Matias Seppälä, Heidi Lukander, Johan Wadén, Marika I. Eriksson, Valma Harjutsalo, Per-Henrik Groop, Lena M. Thorn, FinnDiane Study Group   +7 more
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Associations between accelerometer-assessed occupational and leisure-time sitting and self-reported cognitive dysfunction in Swedish middle-aged adults: a cross-sectional analysis from the SCAPIS study [PDF]

BMC Public Health
Background The relationship between sedentary behavior and cognitive health remains insufficiently understood. The aim of this study was to examine associations between occupational and leisure-time sitting and self-reported cognitive dysfunction ...
Frida Bergman, Carl-Johan Boraxbekk, Pasan Hettiarachchi, Magnus Svartengren, Patrik Wennberg, Melony Fortuin-de Smidt   +5 more
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Teleworking as the main risk factor for sedentary behavior: the COVISTRESS international study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
BackgroundIf teleworking is already associated with prolonged sedentary behavior, the literature lacks an integrating model with all putative influencing variables, as well as a sufficient number of participants to explore extreme sitting behavior ...
Hijrah Nasir, Martine Duclos, Bruno Pereira, David Thivel, Jiao Jiao, Binh Quach, Reza Bagheri, Marek Zak, Ukadike Chris Ugbolue, Julien S Baker, Alistair Cole, Martial Mermillod, Morteza Charkhabi, COVISTRESS network, Maëlys Clinchamps, Frederic Dutheil   +15 more
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Physiological consequences of prolonged static sedentary work among corporate desk employees: a systematic review with implications for the Indian occupational context [PDF]

Frontiers in Public Health
BackgroundCorporate desk employees spend 6–10 h per working day in sustained static sitting, yet no systematic review has synthesized the multi-pathway physiological evidence for this population with reference to the Indian occupational context ...
Mohd Nauman Khan
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Separate and joint associations of occupational and leisure-time sitting with cardio-metabolic risk factors in working adults: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: The workplace is a main setting for prolonged sitting for some occupational groups. Convincing evidence has recently accumulated on the detrimental cardio-metabolic health effects of leisure-time sitting.
Madina Saidj, Torben Jørgensen, Rikke K Jacobsen, Allan Linneberg, Mette Aadahl   +4 more
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