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Mixed methods analysis of eighteen worksite policies, programs, and environments for physical activity

BACKGROUND: This study examined whether specific worksite supports for physical activity (PA) were associated with total and domain-specific PA. METHODS: A cross-sectional, telephone-based study was conducted in four Missouri, USA, metropolitan areas in 2012 and 2013. Outcome variables included tota...

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Autores principales: Hipp, J. Aaron, Dodson, Elizabeth A., Lee, Jung Ae, Marx, Christine M., Yang, Lin, Tabak, Rachel G., Hoehner, Christine, Marquet, Oriol, Brownson, Ross C.
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5471708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28615024
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0533-8
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author Hipp, J. Aaron
Dodson, Elizabeth A.
Lee, Jung Ae
Marx, Christine M.
Yang, Lin
Tabak, Rachel G.
Hoehner, Christine
Marquet, Oriol
Brownson, Ross C.
author_facet Hipp, J. Aaron
Dodson, Elizabeth A.
Lee, Jung Ae
Marx, Christine M.
Yang, Lin
Tabak, Rachel G.
Hoehner, Christine
Marquet, Oriol
Brownson, Ross C.
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description BACKGROUND: This study examined whether specific worksite supports for physical activity (PA) were associated with total and domain-specific PA. METHODS: A cross-sectional, telephone-based study was conducted in four Missouri, USA, metropolitan areas in 2012 and 2013. Outcome variables included total PA and sub-domains (leisure, work, travel) measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Logistic regression determined odds of meeting PA recommendations, given access to and use of 18 unique PA worksite supports. A subsample of 119 participants also wore hip accelerometry for seven consecutive days and maintained a wear-time diary. Access to worksite supports were associated with odds of meeting objective moderate and vigorous (MV) PA above 150 min per week. RESULTS: Among 2013 survey participants, meeting PA recommendations while performing work-related tasks was significantly associated with several supports (e.g., walking maps, stair prompts), as was meeting recommendations during travel (e.g., flextime for PA, incentives for public transportation, walking/bicycling to work). Access to 11 worksite supports increased odds of meeting PA recommendations through leisure-time PA; five supports were associated with total PA. There were significant differences between access to and use of supports. Using objective MVPA, access to worksite challenges and bike storage were significantly associated with five and three times greater odds of meeting 150 min of MVPA per week, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Worksite wellness plans are increasing across the US and employers are eager for evidence-based supports for increasing PA. This study provides insights into the utility of multiple worksite supports for PA to increase odds that employees meet PA recommendations.
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spelling pubmed-54717082017-06-19 Mixed methods analysis of eighteen worksite policies, programs, and environments for physical activity Hipp, J. Aaron Dodson, Elizabeth A. Lee, Jung Ae Marx, Christine M. Yang, Lin Tabak, Rachel G. Hoehner, Christine Marquet, Oriol Brownson, Ross C. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act Research BACKGROUND: This study examined whether specific worksite supports for physical activity (PA) were associated with total and domain-specific PA. METHODS: A cross-sectional, telephone-based study was conducted in four Missouri, USA, metropolitan areas in 2012 and 2013. Outcome variables included total PA and sub-domains (leisure, work, travel) measured using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Logistic regression determined odds of meeting PA recommendations, given access to and use of 18 unique PA worksite supports. A subsample of 119 participants also wore hip accelerometry for seven consecutive days and maintained a wear-time diary. Access to worksite supports were associated with odds of meeting objective moderate and vigorous (MV) PA above 150 min per week. RESULTS: Among 2013 survey participants, meeting PA recommendations while performing work-related tasks was significantly associated with several supports (e.g., walking maps, stair prompts), as was meeting recommendations during travel (e.g., flextime for PA, incentives for public transportation, walking/bicycling to work). Access to 11 worksite supports increased odds of meeting PA recommendations through leisure-time PA; five supports were associated with total PA. There were significant differences between access to and use of supports. Using objective MVPA, access to worksite challenges and bike storage were significantly associated with five and three times greater odds of meeting 150 min of MVPA per week, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: Worksite wellness plans are increasing across the US and employers are eager for evidence-based supports for increasing PA. This study provides insights into the utility of multiple worksite supports for PA to increase odds that employees meet PA recommendations. BioMed Central 2017-06-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5471708/ /pubmed/28615024 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12966-017-0533-8 Text en © The Author(s). 2017 Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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Marx, Christine M.
Yang, Lin
Tabak, Rachel G.
Hoehner, Christine
Marquet, Oriol
Brownson, Ross C.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5471708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28615024
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