A co-created digital intervention to reduce home-office workers’ sedentary behaviour: Protocol for the Click2Move programme.
Abstract Overview
Background: The new paradigm of most sedentary jobs, combining office with home-office work, rises the needs of implementing and evaluating interventions for reducing sedentary behaviours (SB) and thereby the associated harmful effects among those hybrid workers.
Purpose: The aim of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a digital intervention among home-office workers in reducing SB and its impact on employee’s health and wellbeing at work. Additionally, we will assess the process of implementation and its eventual mechanism of impact.
Methods: A two-arm cluster randomised controlled trial will be undertaken among home-office employees at four European companies from The Netherlands, Spain, Ireland, and Slovenia. In total, 200 employees will be recruited across the four countries. Participants will be randomly allocated within each company in the intervention or control group at the unit level. The intervention group will receive the multicomponent Click2Move (C2M) intervention (including environmental, organisational, and individual strategies) delivered through a mobile phone application (C2M-App) with an activity tracker. Employees’ activity and SB will be objectively measured (activPAL3TM) at baseline, and at 3-, 6- and 12-months follow-up. Self-reported data on activity and SB, health- and work-related outcomes will be collected at the same time points. using a combination of questionnaires, checklists, and Likert scales; and semi-structured interviews and focus groups will be conducted with employees and managers post-intervention. Linear mixed models, accounting for covariates, will be employed to determine the effects of the intervention.
Practical implications: The proposed study will offer a comprehensive description of a co-created digital intervention aimed at reducing SB among home-office workers, as well as guidance on its implementation and evaluation in real-life settings.
Funding: The Click2Move project is supported by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ programme (ERASMUS-SPORT-2021-SCP-101050490).
Additional Authors
Name: Iris Parés-Salomón
Affiliation: University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, Vic, Spain
Presenting Author: no
Name: Bette Loef
Affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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Name: Cristina Vaqué-Crusellas
Affiliation: University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, Vic, Spain
Presenting Author: no
Name: Alan Coffey
Affiliation: Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone, Ireland
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Name: Arnau Gustems-Morral
Affiliation: University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, Vic, Spain
Presenting Author: no
Name: Anna M. Señé-Mir
Affiliation: University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, Vic, Spain
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Name: Izabela Luznik
Affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Presenting Author: no
Name: Maja Pajek
Affiliation: University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Presenting Author: no
Name: Anna Puig-Ribera
Affiliation: University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, Vic, Spain
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Name: Kieran Dowd
Affiliation: Technological University of the Shannon, Athlone, Ireland
Presenting Author: no
Name: Karin I. Proper
Affiliation: National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, The Netherlands
Presenting Author: no
Information
Study Type: Intervention
Subtheme: Implementation science
Population Group: Adults
Setting: Workplace
Submitting Author
Judit Bort
Doctor
University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia
Spain
