Table 5.

Summary of APEASE scoring for stakeholders and research team.

Intervention	Example of how it could be delivered	APEASE score						APEASE score
type		expert stakeholders						research team
		A	P	E	A	S	E	A	P	E	A	S	E
Education	Materials about SB and physical activity − including benefits, health consequences, how to reduce SB, facts, tips, etc. (e.g. website/poster/leaflet/text message/lecture)	+	+		+	?	?	+	+		+	+	+
	Feedback on sitting activity along with a suggestion to break up sitting (email/coaching session)	?	+		?	?	+/?	?	?		?	+	+
Persuasion	Support for the intervention from senior management − encouraging staff involvement, allowing time for activities and encouraging managers to filter the message down through the staff body	?	?		+	?	?	?	?		+	+	+
Incentives	Self−delivered rewards for achieving target behavior	?	?		?	?	?	+	+		+	+	+
Training	Exercise sessions at regular intervals throughout the day incl. feedback from instructor (e.g led by team leader/visuals/videos)	?	?		?	?	?	?	?		?	?	+
	Strategies to break up sitting e.g. using the desk, remembering to raise the desk each morning, Walking/standing meetings, challenges	?	?		+	?	?	?	?		?	?	+
	Training manual to support team leaders to facilitate/deliver/encourage engagement with the intervention	?	?		?	?	+/?	+	+		+	+	+
	One−to−one coaching sessions delivered by a health coach to identify and set goals and individual−behavior change strategies incl. training to ‘listen to body' and advice about changing posture regularly	?	?		?	+	+	−	?		?	?	+
	Individual health check report with follow up meetings	?	?		?	+	+	−	?		?	?	+
Enablement	Goal setting strategies (group and individual) recorded using an activity tracker/personal log/activity planning sheet (incl. coping strategies)	?	+/?		+	+	+/?	?	?		?	?	+
	Telephone calls at regular time points delivered by an appropriate professional to support goal attainment involving assessment of progress toward goals, problem−solving, action planning, adjustment/progression of goals and related behavior change strategies.	?	−		−	?	?	−	?		?	?	+
	e−health programme to support reduction in SB, goal attainment (Software remotely installed onto work computer/laptop)	?	+		?	+	+	?	?		?	?	+
	Motivational interviewing comprising discussions around participant progress toward goals, problem−solving, and adjustment of goals and behavior change strategies as necessary	?	?		?	+	+/?	?	?		?	?	+
Modeling	Role models (e.g. ambassadors/team leaders/managers/team champs) to provide social support to achieve goals and to implement the intervention strategies	+	+		+	?	+	?	?		?	+	+
Environmental restructuring	Regular prompts encouraging staff to participate/engage in movement (daily/twice a week/weekly/based on individual dosage) with reminders/suggestions to move (e.g. onscreen/text message/stickers/step challenges)	+/?	+		+	?	+	?	?		?	?	+
	Goal setting mechanisms (e.g. activity log/goal setting booklet)	+/?	+		+	?	+/?	?	?		?	?	+
	Sit − stand desk (e.g. standard/electric/desk mount) incl. appropriate assessment for safe usage	?	?		+	?	?	−	−		?	?	+
	Darma cushion to track sitting and prompt movement	−	?/−		?	?	?	−	?		?	?	+
	Zones to encourage standing and moving (e.g. Coffee bar with chairs and large plant, Exercise balls, room with standing table and relaxing poster, Footsteps promote stair walking)	?	+/?		?	?	?	−	−		−	−	+

+, transferable; −, not transferable; ?, possibly transferable; +/?, split decision between respondents on transferable and possibly transferable; ?/−, split decision between respondents on not transferable and possibly transferable.