a NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital , London , UK.
b School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences , Loughborough University , Leicestershire , UK.
Ergonomics. 2019 Jan;62(1):21-30. doi: 10.1080/00140139.2018.1489981. Epub 2018 Oct 13.
This article presents baseline data from 1120 employees across 10 worksites enrolled in a workplace physical activity intervention. The study provides new data on physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and health and highlights gender, geographical, job type and industrial sector differences. Sitting at work accounted for more than 60% of participants' total daily sitting time on work days. Weekly and monthly hours worked, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference were significantly higher for workers in the private sector compared to the public sector. Employees in sales and customer services had significantly higher BMI scores and significantly lower scores for workability index (WAI), job satisfaction, organisational commitment and job motivation, compared to other groups. This study provides further evidence that work is a major contributor to sedentary behaviour and supports the pressing need for interventions particularly targeting private sector industries and sales and customer service sectors. Practitioner Summary: Work accounts for more than 60% of the daily sitting time. Private sector employees had higher BMIs than those in the public sector and employees in sales and customer services had higher BMIs and poorer health compared to other occupations, suggesting that these groups should be targeted in workplace interventions.
本文提供了来自 10 个工作场所的 1120 名员工的基线数据，这些员工参加了一项工作场所身体活动干预措施。该研究提供了关于身体活动、久坐行为以及健康的新数据，并突出了性别、地理位置、工作类型和工业部门的差异。在工作日，员工在工作中坐着的时间占其总日坐时间的 60%以上。与公共部门相比，私营部门的员工每周和每月的工作时间、身体质量指数（BMI）和腰围明显更高。与其他群体相比，销售和客户服务部门的员工 BMI 得分明显更高，而工作能力指数（WAI）、工作满意度、组织承诺和工作动机得分明显更低。这项研究进一步证明，工作是导致久坐行为的一个主要因素，并支持迫切需要针对私营部门行业和销售及客户服务部门进行干预的观点。从业者总结：工作占据了每天坐着时间的 60%以上。私营部门员工的 BMI 高于公共部门员工，而销售和客户服务部门员工的 BMI 更高，健康状况更差，这表明这些群体应该成为工作场所干预措施的目标。
