Brinkley Andrew, McDermott Hilary, Grenfell-Essam Rachel, Munir Fehmidah
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, UK.
Sports Med Open. 2017 Aug 23;3(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s40798-017-0099-7.
A 12-week multi-team sport programme was provided to employees of a large services organisation and conducted in workplaces. This programme was used to investigate the short-term effect of regular sports team participation on individual employee and organisational health.
A large services organisation participated in this study. Two regional worksites of office workers were assigned as the team sport (intervention) (n = 28 participants) or control (n = 20 participants) groups. The team sport sessions were underpinned by psychological behaviour change theory and consisted of weekly 1-h team sport sessions for 12 weeks. Measures of aerobic fitness, physical activity behaviour, group cohesion, interaction and communication, psychological wellbeing, health, anthropometrics and workplace experiences were recorded pre- and post-intervention. Data were analysed using a series of mixed ANOVAs.
After 12 weeks significant improvements were observed in VO max (+ 4.5 ± 5.8 ml/min kg, P < .002, η = .182), interpersonal communication within teams (+ 3%, P < .042, η = .087) and mean weekly physical activity duration (+ 154.74', P < .002, η = .071) in the intervention group. A significant (P < .012, η = .130) effect on body composition was observed in the intervention group.
Participation in team sport may be an effective method to improve the aerobic fitness and physical activity behaviour of employees, and promote interpersonal communication between colleagues. Individual health outcomes and social interactions have the capacity to influence the health of the organisation. The extent of which these findings are replicable across a scope of organisations should be examined objectively over the long term.
为一家大型服务机构的员工提供了一项为期12周的多团队运动项目，并在工作场所开展。该项目用于调查定期参加运动队对员工个人和组织健康的短期影响。
一家大型服务机构参与了本研究。将两个地区办公室工作人员工作地点分别指定为团队运动（干预）组（n = 28名参与者）或对照组（n = 20名参与者）。团队运动课程以心理行为改变理论为基础，包括每周1小时的团队运动课程，共12周。在干预前后记录有氧适能、身体活动行为、团队凝聚力、互动与沟通、心理健康、健康状况、人体测量学和工作场所体验等指标。使用一系列混合方差分析对数据进行分析。
12周后，干预组的最大摄氧量（+4.5±5.8毫升/分钟·千克，P <.002，η =.182）、团队内部人际沟通（+3%，P <.042，η =.087）和平均每周身体活动时长（+154.74分钟，P <.002，η =.071）有显著改善。干预组在身体成分方面观察到显著影响（P <.012，η =.130）。
参加团队运动可能是提高员工有氧适能和身体活动行为、促进同事间人际沟通的有效方法。个人健康结果和社交互动有能力影响组织的健康。这些发现可在多大程度上在各类组织中得到复制，应长期进行客观研究。
