title: Uptake and factors that influence the use of 'sit less, move more' occupational intervention strategies in Spanish office employees.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Little is known about the types of 'sit less, move more' strategies that appeal to office employees, or what factors influence their use. This study assessed the uptake of strategies in Spanish university office employees engaged in an intervention, and those factors that enabled or limited strategy uptake.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study used a mixed method design. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with academics and administrators (n = 12; 44 ± 12 mean SD age; 6 women) at three points across the five-month intervention, and data used to identify factors that influenced the uptake of strategies. Employees who finished the intervention then completed a survey rating (n = 88; 42 ± 8 mean SD age; 51 women) the extent to which strategies were used [never (1) to usually (4)]; additional survey items (generated from interviewee data) rated the impact of factors that enabled or limited strategy uptake [no influence (1) to very strong influence (4)]. Survey score distributions and averages were calculated and findings triangulated with interview data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Relative to baseline, 67% of the sample increased step counts post intervention (n = 59); 60% decreased occupational sitting (n = 53). 'Active work tasks' and 'increases in walking intensity' were the strategies most frequently used by employees (89% and 94% sometimes or usually utilised these strategies); 'walk-talk meetings' and 'lunchtime walking groups' were the least used (80% and 96% hardly ever or never utilised these strategies). 'Sitting time and step count logging' was the most important enabler of behaviour change (mean survey score of 3.1 ± 0.8); interviewees highlighted the motivational value of being able to view logged data through visual graphics in a dedicated website, and gain feedback on progress against set goals. 'Screen based work' (mean survey score of 3.2 ± 0.8) was the most significant barrier limiting the uptake of strategies. Inherent time pressures and cultural norms that dictated sedentary work practices limited the adoption of 'walk-talk meetings' and 'lunch time walking groups'.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings provide practical insights into which strategies and influences practitioners need to target to maximise the impact of 'sit less, move more' occupational intervention strategies.
authors.affiliation: Grup de Recerca en Esport i Activitat Física, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), c/ Sagrada Família 7, 08500, Vic, Spain. judit.bort@uvic.cat.|Centre d'Estudis Sanitaris i Socials, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), c/ Miquel Martí i Pol, 1 08500, Vic, Spain. judit.bort@uvic.cat.
authors.forename: Judit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bort-Roig
authors.affiliation: Grup de Recerca en Esport i Activitat Física, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), c/ Sagrada Família 7, 08500, Vic, Spain. m.martin@uvic.cat.|Centre d'Estudis Sanitaris i Socials, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), c/ Miquel Martí i Pol, 1 08500, Vic, Spain. m.martin@uvic.cat.
authors.forename: Montserrat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.affiliation: Grup de Recerca en Esport i Activitat Física, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), c/ Sagrada Família 7, 08500, Vic, Spain. annam.puig@uvic.cat.|Centre d'Estudis Sanitaris i Socials, Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), c/ Miquel Martí i Pol, 1 08500, Vic, Spain. annam.puig@uvic.cat.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puig-Ribera
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Educación Física y Deportiva, Universidad del País Vasco, Portal de Lasarte 71, 01007, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. angelmanuel.gonzalez@ehu.es.
authors.forename: Ángel Manuel
authors.initials: ÁM
authors.lastname: González-Suárez
authors.affiliation: Facultad CC.EE. do Deporte, Universidad de Vigo, Campus A Xunqueira s/n, 36005, Pontevedra, Spain. ivanmartinez@uvigo.es.
authors.forename: Iván
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lemos
authors.affiliation: Grup de Recerca DAM (Data Analysis and Modeling), Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya (UVic-UCC), c/Sagrada Família 7, 08500, Vic, Barcelona, Spain. martori@uvic.cat.
authors.forename: Joan Carles
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Martori
authors.affiliation: The University of Queensland, School of Human Movement Studies, St. Lucia Campus, 4072, Brisbane, Australia. ngilson@hms.uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Nicholas D
authors.initials: ND
authors.lastname: Gilson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D016272:Occupational Health; D011187:Posture; D013030:Spain; D016138:Walking; D017132:Workplace