Monitoring sedentary patterns in office employees: validity of an m-health tool (Walk@Work-App) for occupational health.
Gac Sanit
; 32(6): 563-566, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study validated the Walk@Work-Application (W@W-App) for measuring occupational sitting and stepping.METHODS:
The W@W-App was installed on the smartphones of office-based employees (n=17; 10 women; 26±3 years). A prescribed 1-hour laboratory protocol plus two continuous hours of occupational free-living activities were performed. Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) compared mean differences of sitting time and step count measurements between the W@W-App and criterion measures (ActivPAL3TM and SW200Yamax Digi-Walker).RESULTS:
During the protocol, agreement between self-paced walking (ICC=0.85) and active working tasks step counts (ICC=0.80) was good. The smallest median difference was for sitting time (1.5seconds). During free-living conditions, sitting time (ICC=0.99) and stepping (ICC=0.92) showed excellent agreement, with a difference of 0.5minutes and 18 steps respectively.CONCLUSIONS:
The W@W-App provided valid measures for monitoring occupational sedentary patterns in real life conditions; a key issue for increasing awareness and changing occupational sedentariness.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Salud Laboral
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Conducta Sedentaria
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Aplicaciones Móviles
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Monitores de Ejercicio
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Gac Sanit
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SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article