Effects on musculoskeletal pain from “Take a stand!”: A cluster-randomized controlled trial reducing sitting time among office workers
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Effects on musculoskeletal pain from “Take a stand!” : A cluster-randomized controlled trial reducing sitting time among office workers. / Danquah, Ida Høgstedt; Kloster, Stine; Holtermann, Andreas; Aadahl, Mette; Tolstrup, Janne Schurmann.
In: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health, Vol. 43, No. 4, 2017, p. 350-357.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Effects on musculoskeletal pain from “Take a stand!”
T2 - A cluster-randomized controlled trial reducing sitting time among office workers
AU - Danquah, Ida Høgstedt
AU - Kloster, Stine
AU - Holtermann, Andreas
AU - Aadahl, Mette
AU - Tolstrup, Janne Schurmann
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Objectives: Prolonged sitting at work has been found to increase risk for musculoskeletal pain. The office-based intervention “Take a Stand!” was effective in reducing sitting time at work. We aimed to study the effect of the intervention on a secondary outcome: musculoskeletal pain. Methods: Take a Stand! included 19 offices (317 workers) at four workplaces cluster randomized to intervention or control. The multicomponent intervention lasted three months and included management support, environmental changes, and local adaptation. Control participants behaved as usual. Musculoskeletal pain was measured by self-report questionnaire assessing pain in neck-shoulders, back and extremities in three categories at baseline, and one and three months follow-up. Results: At one month, there was no difference in odds ratio (OR) for pain in neck-shoulders between the two groups. However, after three months, the OR was 0.52 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.30–0.92] for pain in neck-shoulders in the intervention compared to the control group. No differences were found between the intervention and control group for pain in back and extremities over the three months. For total pain score a slight reduction was found in the intervention compared to the control group at one and three months [-0.13 (95% CI -0.23– -0.03) and -0.17 (95% CI -0.32– -0.01)]. Conclusions: The secondary analyses showed that the office-based intervention Take a Stand! reduced neck-shoulder pain after three months and total pain score after one and three months among office workers, but not neck-shoulder pain after one month or pain in the back and extremities.
AB - Objectives: Prolonged sitting at work has been found to increase risk for musculoskeletal pain. The office-based intervention “Take a Stand!” was effective in reducing sitting time at work. We aimed to study the effect of the intervention on a secondary outcome: musculoskeletal pain. Methods: Take a Stand! included 19 offices (317 workers) at four workplaces cluster randomized to intervention or control. The multicomponent intervention lasted three months and included management support, environmental changes, and local adaptation. Control participants behaved as usual. Musculoskeletal pain was measured by self-report questionnaire assessing pain in neck-shoulders, back and extremities in three categories at baseline, and one and three months follow-up. Results: At one month, there was no difference in odds ratio (OR) for pain in neck-shoulders between the two groups. However, after three months, the OR was 0.52 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 0.30–0.92] for pain in neck-shoulders in the intervention compared to the control group. No differences were found between the intervention and control group for pain in back and extremities over the three months. For total pain score a slight reduction was found in the intervention compared to the control group at one and three months [-0.13 (95% CI -0.23– -0.03) and -0.17 (95% CI -0.32– -0.01)]. Conclusions: The secondary analyses showed that the office-based intervention Take a Stand! reduced neck-shoulder pain after three months and total pain score after one and three months among office workers, but not neck-shoulder pain after one month or pain in the back and extremities.
KW - Intervention
KW - Low-back pain
KW - Musculoskeletal disorder
KW - Neck
KW - Occupational sitting
KW - Sedentary behavior
KW - Shoulder
KW - Workplace
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85021845180&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.5271/sjweh.3639
DO - 10.5271/sjweh.3639
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28368549
AN - SCOPUS:85021845180
VL - 43
SP - 350
EP - 357
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
SN - 0355-3140
IS - 4
ER -
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