Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Boelelaan, 1117, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Amsterdam Collaboration On Health & Safety in Sports, Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, UMC, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
BMC Public Health. 2022 Mar 30;22(1):621. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13024-z.
Office workers spend a significant part of their workday sitting. Interventions that aim to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity might be more effective if greater attention is paid to individual perspectives that influence behavioural choices, including beliefs and values. This study aimed to gain insight into office workers' perspectives on physical activity and sedentary behaviour.
Sixteen Dutch office workers (50% female) from different professions participated in semi-structured face-to-face interviews in March 2019. To facilitate the interviews, participants received a sensitizing booklet one week before the interview. The booklet aimed to trigger them to reflect on their physical activity and sedentary behaviour and on their values in life. All interviews were audiotaped, transcribed verbatim and coded following codebook thematic analysis.
Six themes were identified: 1) beliefs about health effects are specific regarding physical activity, but superficial regarding sedentary behaviour; 2) in addition to 'health' as a value, other values are also given priority; 3) motivations to engage in physical activity mainly stem from prioritizing the value 'health', reflected by a desire to both achieve positive short/mid-term outcomes and to prevent long-term negative outcomes; 4) attitudes towards physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are diverse and depend on individual values and previous experiences; 5) perceived barriers depend on internal and external factors; 6) supporting factors are related to support and information in the social and physical environment.
The great value that office workers attach to health is reflected in their motivations and attitudes regarding physical activity. Increasing office workers' knowledge of the health risks of prolonged sitting may therefore increase their motivation to sit less. Although 'health' is considered important, other values, including social and work-related values, are sometimes prioritized. We conclude that interventions that aim to reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity among office workers could be improved by informing about health effects of sedentary behaviour and short/mid-term benefits of physical activity, including mental health benefits. Moreover, interventions could frame physical activity as congruent with values and support value-congruent choices. Finally, the work environment could support physical activity and interruption of sedentary behaviour.
上班族在工作日的大部分时间里都坐着。如果更关注影响行为选择的个人观点，包括信念和价值观，那么旨在减少久坐行为和增加身体活动的干预措施可能会更有效。本研究旨在深入了解上班族对身体活动和久坐行为的看法。
2019 年 3 月，来自不同职业的 16 名荷兰上班族（50%为女性）参加了半结构化的面对面访谈。为了方便访谈，参与者在访谈前一周收到了一本启蒙小册子。这本小册子旨在促使他们反思自己的身体活动和久坐行为以及自己的生活价值观。所有访谈均进行了录音、逐字转录，并按照代码簿主题分析进行了编码。
确定了六个主题：1）关于健康影响的信念是针对身体活动的，但针对久坐行为的信念是肤浅的；2）除了“健康”作为一种价值观外，其他价值观也被优先考虑；3）从事身体活动的动机主要源于将“健康”作为一种优先价值观，这反映了既渴望实现短期/中期积极结果，又渴望预防长期负面结果的愿望；4）对身体不活动和久坐行为的态度是多种多样的，取决于个人价值观和以往经验；5）感知到的障碍取决于内部和外部因素；6）支持因素与社会和物理环境中的支持和信息有关。
上班族非常重视健康，这反映在他们对身体活动的动机和态度上。因此，增加上班族对长时间坐着对健康危害的认识可能会增加他们减少久坐的动机。虽然“健康”被认为很重要，但其他价值观，包括社会和工作相关的价值观，有时也会被优先考虑。我们的结论是，旨在减少上班族久坐行为和增加身体活动的干预措施可以通过告知久坐行为的健康影响和身体活动的短期/中期益处（包括心理健康益处）来得到改善。此外，干预措施可以将身体活动框定为与价值观一致，并支持符合价值观的选择。最后，工作环境可以支持身体活动和中断久坐行为。
