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Occupational physical activity in brewery and office workers

Thompson, Janalee F., Severson, Rachel L., Rosecrance, John C.·2018·Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
DOI 10.1080/15459624.2018.1492136
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Active lifestyles are beneficial to health and well-being but our workplaces may not be inherently supportive of physical activity at work. With the increasing use of technology in the workplace, many jobs are becoming more sedentary. The purpose of this study was to characterize levels of occupational physical activity (OPA) among active and sedentary workers. Two types of activity trackers (Fitbit Charge HR and Hexoskin) were used to assess activity measures (steps, heart rate, and energy expenditure) among workers during one full work shift. The first objective of the study was to assess the agreement between two types of accelerometer-based activity trackers as measures of occupational physical activity. The second objective of this study was to assess differences in measures of OPA among workers in generally physically active (brewery) and sedentary (office) work environments. Occupational physical activity data were collected from 50 workers in beer-brewing tasks and 51 workers in office work tasks. The 101 subjects were from the brewing service sector, a call center, and an engineering office within a manufacturing facility. A two-factor repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to assess the two activity tracking devices while two-sample t-tests were used to compare the two worker groups. There were statistically significant differences in total steps and mean heart rate between the two devices. When comparing the two groups of workers there were statistically significant differences in measures of steps, mean heart rate, and energy expenditure. The results of the present study provide quantitative evidence that levels of OPA should be identified for different work groups.

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  • The included studies emphasized the growing wearable use, which is also reflected in commercially available devices.

    “The included studies also emphasized the growing wearable use [147,195,197], which is also reflected in commercially available devices [38-40].”

    From The impact of wearable technologies in health research: scoping review (2022) · cites this paper as [197]

  • The authors reported that the wearable device is sufficiently accurate even with existing inaccuracies.

    “Nevertheless, the authors reported that the wearable device is sufficiently accurate even with existing inaccuracies [14,143,197].”

    From The impact of wearable technologies in health research: scoping review (2022) · cites this paper as [197]

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Authors
Thompson, J. F., Severson, R. L., & Rosecrance, J. C.
Affiliations
  • Colorado School of Public Health (US)
  • Colorado State University (US)
Corresponding author
Thompson, Janalee F.
ORCID
Venue
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene
Publisher
Informa UK Limited
Published
2018-09-02
Volume
15
Issue
9
Pages
686-699
ISSN
  • 1545-9624 (ISSN-L)
  • 1545-9632
DOI
10.1080/15459624.2018.1492136
OpenAlex
W2891007995
Cited by
9
References
75
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1
FWCI
0.69
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (T42OH009229)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition › Context-Aware Activity Recognition Systems
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
Keywords
occupational physical activity, sedentary work, brewery workers, office workers, wearable activity trackers, Fitbit, STEP, heart rate, energy expenditure, workplace physical activity
MeSH terms
Fitness Trackers, Adult, Energy Metabolism, Female, Heart Rate, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Occupations, Sedentary Behavior

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