Total and domain-specific sitting time among employees in desk-based work settings in Australia Bennie, Jason A., Pedisic, Zeljko, Timperio, Anna, Crawford, David, Dunstan, David, Bauman, Adrian, van Uffelen, Jannique and Salmon, Jo 2015, Total and domain-specific sitting time among employees in desk-based work settings in Australia, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, vol. 39, no. 3, pp. 237-242, doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12293. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Total and domain-specific sitting time among employees in desk-based work settings in Australia Author(s) Bennie, Jason A. Pedisic, Zeljko Timperio, Anna orcid.org/0000-0002-8773-5012 Crawford, David orcid.org/0000-0002-2467-7556 Dunstan, David Bauman, Adrian van Uffelen, Jannique Salmon, Jo orcid.org/0000-0002-4734-6354 Journal name Australian and New Zealand journal of public health Volume number 39 Issue number 3 Start page 237 End page 242 Total pages 6 Publisher Wiley Place of publication London, Eng. Publication date 2015-06 ISSN 1326-0200 1753-6405 Keyword(s) Employees Epidemiology Physical activity Sitting Workplaces Summary Objective: To describe the total and domain-specific daily sitting time among a sample of Australian office-based employees. Methods: In April 2010, paper-based surveys were provided to desk-based employees (n=801) in Victoria, Australia. Total daily and domain-specific (work, leisure-time and transport-related) sitting time (minutes/day) were assessed by validated questionnaires. Differences in sitting time were examined across socio-demographic (age, sex, occupational status) and lifestyle characteristics (physical activity levels, body mass index [BMI]) using multiple linear regression analyses. Results: The median (95% confidence interval [CI]) of total daily sitting time was 540 (531-557) minutes/day. Insufficiently active adults (median=578 minutes/day, [95%CI: 564-602]), younger adults aged 18-29 years (median=561 minutes/day, [95%CI: 540-577]) reported the highest total daily sitting times. Occupational sitting time accounted for almost 60% of total daily sitting time. In multivariate analyses, total daily sitting time was negatively associated with age (unstandardised regression coefficient [B]=-1.58, p<0.001) and overall physical activity (minutes/week) (B=-0.03, p<0.001) and positively associated with BMI (B=1.53, p=0.038). Conclusions: Desk-based employees reported that more than half of their total daily sitting time was accrued in the work setting. Implications: Given the high contribution of occupational sitting to total daily sitting time among desk-based employees, interventions should focus on the work setting. Language eng DOI 10.1111/1753-6405.12293 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 920505 Occupational Health HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Wiley Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30069172 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Link to full-text (open access)   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 11:36:34 EST Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 11:37:45 EST Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 14:21:49 EST Thu, 14 May 2015, 06:06:01 EST Thu, 14 May 2015, 14:25:04 EST Thu, 14 May 2015, 14:26:00 EST Fri, 15 May 2015, 08:27:33 EST Thu, 06 Aug 2015, 15:24:23 EST Thu, 06 Aug 2015, 15:27:37 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2015, 08:53:18 EST Mon, 02 Nov 2020, 12:35:49 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 35 times in TR Web of Science Cited 36 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 558 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 21 Jan 2015, 11:37:45 EST

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