title: Sitting Time, Physical Activity and Sleep by Work Type and Pattern-The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.
abstract: Data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health were used to examine how work was associated with time spent sleeping, sitting and in physical activity (PA), in working women. Young (31-36 years; 2009) and mid-aged (59-64 years; 2010) women reported sleep (categorised as shorter ≤6 h/day and longer ≥8 h/day) and sitting time (work, transport, television, non-work computer, and other; summed for total sitting time) on the most recent work and non-work day; and moderate and vigorous PA (categorised as meeting/not meeting guidelines) in the previous week. Participants reported occupation (manager/professional; clerical/sales; trades/transport/labourer), work hours (part-time; full-time) and work pattern (shift/night; not shift/night). The odds of shorter sleep on work days was higher in both cohorts for women who worked shift or night hours. Longer sitting time on work days, made up primarily of sitting for work, was found for managers/professionals, clerical/sales and full-time workers. In the young cohort, clerical/sales workers and in the mid-aged cohort, full-time workers were less likely to meet PA guidelines. These results suggest multiple behaviour interventions tailored to work patterns and occupational category may be useful to improve the sleep, sitting and activity of working women.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Prevention Research Centre, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Herston 4006, Australia. b.clark3@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Bronwyn K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research on Exercise, Physical Activity and Health, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Australia. tracy.kolbe-alexander@usq.edu.au.|School of Health and Wellbeing, The University of Southern Queensland, Ipswich 4305, Australia. tracy.kolbe-alexander@usq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Tracy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Kolbe-Alexander
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine & Public Health, Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Newcastle, University Drive, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. Mitch.Duncan@newcastle.edu.au.
authors.forename: Mitch J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.affiliation: Centre for Research on Exercise, Physical Activity and Health, School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Australia. w.brown@uq.edu.au.
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D003201:Computers; D004651:Employment; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008875:Middle Aged; D009790:Occupations; D011187:Posture; D057185:Sedentary Behavior; D012890:Sleep; D013690:Television; D013997:Time Factors; D014186:Transportation; D016387:Women's Health
keywords: physical activity; sitting; sleep; women; work