- 作者：Nicholas Gilson ; Jim McKenna ; Carlton Cooke ; Wendy Brown
- 关键词：Walking ; Health ; Employees ; Randomised control trial
- 刊名：Preventive Medicine
- 出版年：2007
- 出版时间：February 2007
- 年：2007
- 卷：44
- 期：2
- 页码：167-169
- 全文大小：124 K
Using a randomised control trial design, this study assessed the impact of two walking interventions, on the work day step counts and health of UK academic and administrative, university employees.
Method
A convenience sample of 58 women (age 42 ± 10 years) and 6 men (age 40 ± 11 years) completed baseline and intervention measures for step counts, % body fat, waist circumference and systolic/diastolic blood pressure, during a ten-week period (October to December, 2005). Before intervention, baseline step counts (five working days) were used to randomly allocate participants to a control (maintain normal behaviour, n = 22) and two treatment groups (“walking routes”, n = 21; “walking in tasks”, n = 21). Intervention effects were evaluated by calculating differences between pre-intervention and intervention data. A one-way ANOVA analysed significant differences between groups.
Results
A significant intervention effect (p < 0.002) was found for step counts, with mean differences indicating a decrease in steps for the control group (− 767 steps/day) and increases in the “walking routes” (+ 926 steps/day) and “walking in tasks” (+ 997 steps/day) groups. Small, non-significant changes were found in % body fat, waist circumference and blood pressure.
Conclusions
Findings have implications for work-based physical activity promotion and the development of walking interventions within the completion of work-based tasks.