Walking towards health in a university community: A feasibility study
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Objective Using a randomised control trial design, this study assessed the impact of two walking interventions, on the work day step counts and health of UK academic and administrative, university employees.Method A convenience sample of 58 women (age 42+/-10 years) and 6 men (age 40+/-11 years) completed baseline and intervention measures for step counts, % body fat, waist circumference and systolic/diastolic blood pressure, during a ten-week period (October to December, 2005). Before intervention, baseline step counts (five working days) were used to randomly allocate participants to a control (maintain normal behaviour, n=22) and two treatment groups ("walking routes", n=21; "walking in tasks", n=21). Intervention effects were evaluated by calculating differences between pre-intervention and intervention data. A one-way ANOVA analysed significant differences between groups.Results A significant intervention effect (p<0.002) was found for step counts, with mean differences indicating a decrease in steps for the control group (-767 steps/day) and increases in the "walking routes" (+926 steps/day) and "walking in tasks" (+997 steps/day) groups. Small, non-significant changes were found in % body fat, waist circumference and blood pressure.Conclusions Findings have implications for work-based physical activity promotion and the development of walking interventions within the completion of work-based tasks.
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A 10-week worksite intervention that encouraged walking by education and weekly email prompts increased walking by ≈1800 steps per day compared with controls.
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- Authors
- Gilson, N., McKenna, J., Cooke, C., & Brown, W.
- Affiliations
- Leeds Beckett University (GB)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Venue
- Preventive Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-02
- Volume
- 44
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 167-169
- ISSN
- 0091-7435 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2066071034
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2024: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 2.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Preventive Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Social Sciences › Transportation › Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Keywords
- walking intervention, step count, university employees, university faculty, walking routes, fat mass, waist circumference, blood pressure, workplace health promotion
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Analysis of Variance, Feasibility Studies, Female, United Kingdom, Health Promotion, Health Status, Humans, Male, Motor Activity, Sex Factors, Universities, Health Behavior, Walking, Occupational Health
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