The National Research Centre for the Working Environment, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
Department of Sports Science and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark, 5230 Odense, Denmark.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 12;17(20):7419. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207419.
Childcare workers are reported to have high variation in physical activity during work hours, but also to sit for about half of the workday and have almost no high intensity physical activity (HIPA). No study has investigated if their work can be re-designed to introduce HIPA, thus promoting fitness and health according to the Goldilocks principle. This study investigated the feasibility of designing pedagogical games ('Goldilocks-games') intended to lead to more HIPA. Heart rate was measured in nineteen childcare workers during Goldilocks-games, and compared to measurements during a regular workday. Worker perceptions of feasibility, and researcher observations of contextual factors were also collected. The Goldilocks-games (33 min) elicited significantly more HIPA (18/33 min) compared to the most active period of equal length on a regular workday (0.5/33 min). Seventy-four-percent of the childcare workers reported that it was feasible to integrate the Goldilocks-games pedagogically, and seventy-two-percent could see themselves using them. Thus, we found it possible to re-design a work task in childcare according to the Goldilocks principle so that it leads to substantial time with HIPA. The sustainability of Goldilocks-games in childcare, and their effectiveness in improving fitness and health among childcare workers, needs to be tested in further studies.
据报道，儿童保育员在工作期间的体力活动变化很大，但他们也会坐着工作大约一半的时间，几乎没有高强度的体力活动（HIPA）。目前还没有研究调查是否可以重新设计他们的工作，以引入 HIPA，从而根据“金发姑娘原则”促进健康和健康。本研究调查了设计教学游戏（“金发姑娘游戏”）以增加 HIPA 的可行性。在 19 名儿童保育员进行“金发姑娘游戏”期间测量了他们的心率，并与正常工作日的测量结果进行了比较。还收集了工人对可行性的看法以及研究人员对背景因素的观察。与正常工作日等长的最活跃期间（0.5/33 分钟）相比，“金发姑娘游戏”（33 分钟）引发的 HIPA 明显更多（18/33 分钟）。74%的儿童保育员报告说，从教学的角度来看，将“金发姑娘游戏”融入工作是可行的，而 72%的人可以看到自己在使用它们。因此，我们发现可以根据“金发姑娘原则”重新设计儿童保育工作任务，使其达到大量 HIPA 的时间。需要进一步的研究来测试“金发姑娘游戏”在儿童保育中的可持续性及其对提高儿童保育员健康和健康的效果。
