Phaswana Merling, Onagbiye Sunday O, Gradidge Philippe Jean-Luc
Department of Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Department of Health and Exercise Sciences, Frederick Community College, Maryland, 21702, USA.
BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 31;25(1):1209. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-22415-x.
The increasing sedentary behaviour and burden of non-communicable diseases among office workers raise significant concerns. Height-adjustable sit-to-stand desks offer a potential solution, yet uptake remains challenging, limiting their effectiveness and long-term adoption. The experiences of office workers who withdrew from a height-adjustable sit-to-stand desk intervention need to be explored to inform program refinement.
A qualitative approach was used, with pre-identified themes guiding data collection, while subthemes emerged inductively from transcripts and field notes. Twelve participants with a mean age of 46.0 years were conveniently sampled. These office workers withdrew from a height-adjustable standing desk randomised controlled trial and did not form any part of other studies. One-on-one semi-structured interviews guided data collection about the participants' experiences and reasons for early withdrawal from the intervention. Data were thematically analysed using Atlas.ti 23.
Most participants were female (n = 10, 83.3%). All participants completed high school, while 41.7% completed a postgraduate degree from a university and credit bureau company. Despite the participants' understanding of the benefits of height-adjustable sit-to-stand workstations, most of the participants discontinued the intervention due to perceived barriers that aligned with the themes: "discomforts and dislikes", "applicability and practicality", "people's perception-i.e., what other people will say" and "transitioning to electronic sit-to-stand desks".
The findings of this study may assist in formulating a policy to improve compliance with height-adjustable sit-to-stand workstations in the workplace. Future studies should consider individual preferences, design, functionality, knowledge, and motivation to ensure effective implementation, utilisation, and compliance with height-adjustable sit-to-stand workstations.
上班族久坐行为的增加以及非传染性疾病负担的加重引发了重大关注。可调节高度的坐站两用办公桌提供了一种潜在的解决方案，但采用率仍然具有挑战性，限制了其有效性和长期应用。需要探索退出可调节高度坐站两用办公桌干预措施的上班族的经历，以为项目改进提供参考。
采用定性研究方法，预先确定的主题指导数据收集，同时从转录本和实地记录中归纳出子主题。方便抽样选取了12名平均年龄为46.0岁的参与者。这些上班族退出了一项可调节高度的站立式办公桌随机对照试验，且未参与其他任何研究。通过一对一的半结构化访谈指导数据收集，了解参与者退出干预措施的经历和原因。使用Atlas.ti 23对数据进行主题分析。
大多数参与者为女性（n = 10，83.3%）。所有参与者都完成了高中学业，而41.7%拥有大学和信贷局公司的研究生学位。尽管参与者了解可调节高度坐站两用工作站的益处，但大多数参与者由于与“不适与厌恶”、“适用性与实用性”、“他人看法，即别人会怎么说”以及“向电动坐站两用办公桌过渡”等主题相关的感知障碍而中断了干预。
本研究的结果可能有助于制定一项政策，以提高职场中对可调节高度坐站两用工作站的依从性。未来的研究应考虑个人偏好、设计、功能、知识和动机，以确保可调节高度坐站两用工作站的有效实施、使用和依从性。
