The enduring well-being impacts of attending the Battle Back Multi Activity Course for the lives of recovering UK armed forces personnel.

Few adventurous training courses have been formally designed to assist military personnel in their recovery and/or transition into civilian life by supporting psychological health and well-being. This study examines, for the first time, the longitudinal effects of a five-day Multi Activity Course (MAC) on the mental well-being of serving but wounded, injured, and/or sick (WIS) UK armed forces personnel. The MAC is delivered using a participant-centered approach to encourage engagement in adaptive sports, adventurous activities, and personal development coaching sessions. This work extends previous research showing powerful short-term well-being benefits. Measures of positive well-being and psychological need satisfaction were provided by participants before and after attending the course, as well as two weeks, three months, six months and 12 months later. Self-reported well-being measures of psychological need satisfaction and positive mental well-being improved significantly throughout the course. These remained significantly higher at six and 12 months after the course, respectively.

Monitoring sedentary patterns in office employees: validity of an m-health tool (Walk@Work-App) for occupational health / Monitorización de patrones sedentarios en oficinistas: validación de una aplicación móvil (Walk@Work-App) en salud laboral

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

Objetivo: Validar la aplicación móvil Walk@Work (W@W-App) para monitorizar los patrones de actividad y sedentarios en el trabajo. Método: W@W-App se instaló en teléfonos móviles de oficinistas (n=17; 10 mujeres; 26±3 años). El tiempo sentado y el número de pasos se midieron mediante un test de laboratorio y bajo condiciones habituales. Las diferencias entre W@W-App y las medidas de referencia (ActivPAL3TM y SW200Yamax Digi-Walker) se compararon mediante coeficientes de correlación intraclase (CCI). Resultados: En el test de laboratorio, los valores de correlación fueron buenos en los pasos realizados a baja intensidad (CCI=0.85-0.80). La menor diferencia de mediana fue para el tiempo sentado (1,5 segundos). En condiciones habituales, el tiempo sentado (CCI=0.99) y los pasos (CCI=0.92) mostraron valores de correlación excelentes, con una diferencia de 0,5 minutos y 18 pasos. Conclusiones: W@W-App proporciona medidas válidas para la monitorización de patrones sedentarios en el trabajo; aspecto clave para modificar el sedentarismo en las oficinas

No Coach, No Gain: The central role of the coach in the personal development of youth performance athletes

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