The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX, USA.
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
Work. 2020;67(1):203-213. doi: 10.3233/WOR-203266.
An increasing level of occupational stress is a major problem in the workplace that requires innovative approaches and strategies. An understudied research area pertains to the effects that physical activity performed during the workday have on occupational stress.
To determine if and how an intervention that increases physical activity and reduces sedentary behavior affects workplace stress. The population of interest are employees at a large university medical center including supportive staff, healthcare professionals, physicians, and faculty members; the study design is longitudinal; the approach is the implementation of an innovative workplace program (i.e., the Booster Break).
We present a logic model promoting physical activity and reducing sitting time during the workday as a feasible and practical strategy to cope with occupational stress.
The logic model approach emphasizes that funding, partnerships, and incentives are inputs to implementing program activities such as Booster Break sessions, weekly meetings, social support, and personal self-monitoring. Short-term outcomes were categorized as psychosocial, goal setting, organizational, and social; intermediate outcomes were behavioral and psychosocial; and long-term outcomes were health status and physiological status.
This study is the first known effort to outline a comprehensive intervention based on changing physical activity and sedentary behavior during the workday and the concomitant effects on occupational stress. The findings of this study can be used to develop and implement interventions at workplaces to target increases in physical activity, decreases in sedentary time, and improvements in overall employee health.
职业压力不断增加是工作场所的一个主要问题，需要创新的方法和策略。一个研究较少的领域涉及到工作日期间进行的体育活动对职业压力的影响。
确定增加体育活动和减少久坐行为的干预措施是否以及如何影响工作场所的压力。研究对象是一家大型大学医疗中心的员工，包括支持人员、医疗保健专业人员、医生和教职员工；研究设计是纵向的；方法是实施创新的工作场所计划（即 Booster Break）。
我们提出了一个逻辑模型，提倡在工作日期间进行体育活动和减少久坐时间，作为应对职业压力的可行和实用策略。
逻辑模型方法强调，资金、合作伙伴关系和激励措施是实施计划活动（如 Booster Break 会议、每周会议、社会支持和个人自我监测）的投入。短期结果分为心理社会、目标设定、组织和社会；中期结果是行为和心理社会；长期结果是健康状况和生理状况。
这项研究是首次尝试概述一项基于改变工作日期间的体育活动和久坐行为以及对职业压力的伴随影响的综合干预措施。这项研究的结果可用于开发和实施工作场所的干预措施，以增加体育活动、减少久坐时间和改善员工整体健康。
