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Descriptive epidemiology of domain-specific sitting in working adults: the Stormont Study

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posted on 2015-02-04, 14:56 authored by Stacy ClemesStacy Clemes, Jonathan Houdmont, Fehmidah MunirFehmidah Munir, Kelly Wilson, Robert Kerr, Ken Addley
BACKGROUND: Given links between sedentary behaviour and unfavourable health outcomes, there is a need to understand the influence of socio-demographic factors on sedentary behaviour to inform effective interventions. This study examined domain-specific sitting times reported across socio-demographic groups of office workers. METHODS: The analyses are cross-sectional and based on a survey conducted within the Stormont Study, which is tracking employees in the Northern Ireland Civil Service. Participants self-reported their daily sitting times across multiple domains (work, TV, travel, PC use and leisure) on workdays and non-workdays, along with their physical activity and socio-demographic variables (sex, age, marital status, BMI, educational attainment and work pattern). Total and domain-specific sitting on workdays and non-workdays were compared across socio-demographic groups using multivariate analyses of covariance. RESULTS: Completed responses were obtained from 4436 participants. For the whole sample, total daily sitting times were higher on workdays in comparison to non-workdays (625 ± 168 versus 469 ± 210 min/day, P < 0.001). On workdays and non-workdays, higher sitting times were reported by individuals aged 18-29 years, obese individuals, full-time workers and single/divorced/widowed individuals (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Interventions are needed to combat the high levels of sedentary behaviour observed in office workers, particularly among the highlighted demographic groups. Interventions should target workplace and leisure-time sitting.

Funding

The research was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Diet, Lifestyle & Physical Activity Biomedical Research Unit, a partnership between the University Hospitals of Leicester, Loughborough University and the University of Leicester

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  • Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Published in

Journal of Public Health (Oxford, England)

Citation

CLEMES, S.A. ... et al, 2015. Descriptive epidemiology of domain-specific sitting in working adults: the Stormont Study. Journal of Public Health, forthcoming.

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Oxford University Press on behalf of Faculty of Public Health / © The Authors

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2015

Notes

This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Public Health following peer review. The version of record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdu114

ISSN

1741-3842

eISSN

1741-3850

Language

  • en