Summary of findings 5.
Walking strategies for reducing sitting at work: RCT
| Walking strategies for reducing sitting at work | ||||||
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Patient or population: employees who sit at work Settings: workplace Intervention: walking strategies Comparison: no intervention | ||||||
| Outcomes | Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI) | Relative effect (95% CI) | No of participants (studies) | Quality of the evidence (GRADE) | Comments | |
| Assumed risk | Corresponding risk | |||||
| No intervention | Walking strategies | |||||
| Time spent sitting at work Log book Follow‐up: median 10 weeks | The mean time spent sitting at work in the control group was 344 minutes/day 4 | The mean time spent sitting at work in the intervention group was 16 minutes less (54 less to 23 more) | 179 (1 study) | ⊕⊕⊝⊝ low1,2 | ||
| Time spent sitting at work Self‐reported questionnaires Follow‐up: median 21 weeks | The mean time spent sitting at work in the control group was 389 minutes/day 4 | The mean time spent sitting at work in the intervention group was 17 minutes less (65 less to 32 more) | 190 (1 study) |
⊕⊕⊝⊝ low2,3 | ||
| *The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI). CI: confidence interval | ||||||
| GRADE Working Group grades of evidence High quality: further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect Moderate quality: further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate Low quality: further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate. Very low quality: we are very uncertain about the estimate | ||||||
1 Risk of bias high due to unblinded outcome assessment and lack of allocation concealment, downgraded with one level 2 Imprecision with wide confidence intervals, downgraded with one level
3 Lack of blinding of participants and personnel and attrition bias, downgraded with one level
4 Sitting time in the control group