Table 3.
Time spent sitting, standing and stepping during work hours at the start (PRE) and during week 8 of the Control and Intervention trials (mean ± SD).
| Control | Within-Group Differences | Intervention | Within-Group Differences | Between-Group Differences | Cohen’s d | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PRE | Week 8 | PRE | Week 8 | |||||
| Sitting Time (min/8 h workday) | 318.3 ± 66.8 | 344.7 ± 43.2 | 26.3 ± 43.7 | 345.0 ± 37.6 | 333.1 ± 57.5 | −11.9 ± 43.2 | −38.2 ± 72.9 | 0.92 |
| Standing Time (min/8 h workday) | 108.4 ± 64.2 | 83.2 ± 34.7 | −24.6 ± 45.5 | 82.3 ± 36.0 | 93.5 ± 41.2 | 11.2 ± 38.5 | 35.8 ± 69.2 | 0.88 |
| Stepping Time (min/8 h workday) | 53.2 ± 14.8 | 51.5 ± 18.5 | −1.7 ± 16.5 | 52.7 ± 17.5 | 53.4 ± 24.6 | 0.7 ± 21.5 | 2.4 ± 22.4 | 0.13 |
| Sitting Time (% of work hours) | 66.6 ± 13.7 | 71.9 ± 8.6 | 5.3 ± 8.6 | 72.0 ± 7.8 | 69.6 ± 12.0 | −2.4 ± 9.4 | −7.7 ± 15.0 | 0.89 |
| Standing Time (% of work hours) | 22.4 ± 13.1 | 17.4 ± 7.0 | −4.9 ± 9.1 | 17.1 ± 7.4 | 19.4 ± 8.6 | 2.3 ± 8.2 | 7.2 ± 14.3 | 0.87 |
| Stepping Time (% of work hours) | 11.0 ± 3.1 | 10.6 ± 3.8 | −0.4 ± 3.3 | 10.9 ± 3.7 | 11.0 ± 5.1 | 0.1 ± 4.5 | 0.5 ± 4.7 | 0.13 |
| Sit-to-Stand Transitions (n/8 h workday) |
26 ± 8 | 24 ± 5 | −2 ± 5 | 26 ± 8 | 25 ± 5 | −1 ± 7 | 1 ± 7 | 0.17 |
| Step Count (n/8 h workday) | 5156 ± 1554 | 5176 ± 2039 | 20 ± 1725 | 5205 ± 1719 | 5149 ± 2646 | −56 ± 2316 | −76 ± 2333 | 0.04 |