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. 2016 Mar 17;2016(3):CD010912. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010912.pub3
Trial name or title Stand Up Victoria
Methods Random allocation
Location: Australia
Recruitment: not yet recruiting
Participants Population description: employees aged 18‐65 years, from 16 work sites located in Victoria, Australia
Interventions The intervention consists of four distinct components:
  • an initial unit representatives' consultation

  • a whole‐of‐workplace Information session

  • environmental modification involving installation of sit‐stand workstations for individual participants

  • support for behavioural change which includes:

    • an initial one‐on‐one individual consultation with project staff

    • 4 telephone support calls over 3 months

  • support for behavioural change which includes:

    • an initial one‐on‐one individual consultation with project staff

    • 4 telephone support calls over 3 months


Control: no intervention
Outcomes Primary outcome
  • A 30 minutes/day reduction in objectively‐assessed (using physical activity monitors) workplace sedentary time

  • An increase of 5 breaks/day in workplace sedentary time, objectively measured using physical activity monitors


Secondary outcomes
Examine the effect of the intervention on cardiometabolic markers of health and disease including:
  • body composition including waist circumference, BMI, and percent fat mass

  • fasting blood levels of glucose, insulin and lipids

  • blood pressure


Explore workplace and individual‐level mediators (how did the intervention work?) and moderators (for whom did it work?) of change using a specially formulated questionnaire.
Starting date July 2011
Contact information David Dunstan, email: David.Dunstan@bakeridi.edu.au
Notes Sponsors: National Health and Medical Research Council and Vic Health