Does the use of standing ¡®hot?desks change sedentary work time in an open plan office?

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• 作者：Nicholas D. Gilson ; ^{n.gilson1@uq.edu.au} ; Alessandro Suppini ; Gemma C. Ryde ; Helen E. Brown ; Wendy J. Brown
• 关键词：Standing desks ; Sedentary work time ; Accelerometers ; Open plan office
• 刊名：Preventive Medicine
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：1 January 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：54
• 期：1
• 页码：65-67
• 全文大小：196 K

文摘

Objective

This study assessed the use of standing ¡®hot?desks in an open plan office and their impact on sedentary work time.

Method

Australian employees (n = 11; 46.9 [9.8] years; BMI 25.9 [3.5 kg/m²]) wore an armband accelerometer for two consecutive working weeks (November-December 2010). In the second week, employees were encouraged to use a pod of four standing ¡®hot?desks to stand and work as often as possible. Desk use was recorded using time logs. The percentages of daily work time spent in sedentary (< 1.6 METs), light (1.6-3.0 METs) and moderate + (> 3 METs) intensity categories were calculated for each week, relative to the total daily time at work. Paired sample t tests were used to compare weekly differences.

Results

Employees spent 8:09 ¡À 0:31 h/day at work and ¡®hot?desk use ranged from zero to 9:35 h for the week. There were no significant changes in mean time spent in sedentary (difference of ?#xA0;0.1 % ), light (difference of 0.8 % ) and moderate + (?#xA0;0.7 % ) intensity categories. However, individual changes in sedentary work time ranged from ?#xA0;5.9 to 6.4 % .

Conclusions

Volitional use of standing ¡®hot?desks varied and while individual changes were apparent, desk use did not alter overall sedentary work time in this sample.