Table 5.

Factors influencing desk usage in the standing position

	3 months (N = 182)		12 months (N = 161)
Factor	Often (%)	Very often (%)	Often (%)	Very often (%)
Task-based factors (e.g., reading emails)	23.2	7.7	21.8	6.4
Time-based factors (e.g., in the afternoon, every hour for a certain length of time)	36.3	21.4	31.3	15.6
Prompt-based factors (e.g., when the phone rings, when someone comes to see you)	11.0	6.6	13.5	2.6
Intrinsic factors (e.g., when your body tells you it’s time to stand up/sit down)	48.3	24.2	37.9	25.5