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Multi-Component Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Japanese Office Workers: A Single-Arm Feasibility Study

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  • Jihoon Kim

    (Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8574, Japan)

  • Ryoko Mizushima

    (Department of Sports Research, Japan Institute of Sports Sciences, 3-15-1 Nishigaoka, Kita-ku, Tokyo 107-0061, Japan)

  • Kotaro Nishida

    (Risk Management Department 4th, MS&AD InterRisk Research & Consulting, Inc., WATERRAS ANNEX (10F & 11F), 2-105, Kanda Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0063, Japan)

  • Masahiro Morimoto

    (Risk Management Department 4th, MS&AD InterRisk Research & Consulting, Inc., WATERRAS ANNEX (10F & 11F), 2-105, Kanda Awajicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0063, Japan)

  • Yoshio Nakata

    (Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba 305-8574, Japan)

Abstract

This study investigated the feasibility of a multi-component intervention to promote physical activity (PA) among Japanese office workers. It was an 8-week single-arm trial conducted in Japan in 2021, in which 76 employees aged 20 or older, from an insurance company, participated. They received a multi-component PA intervention that comprised individual (lecture, print material, goal setting, and feedback), socio-cultural (team building and supportive atmosphere), physical (poster), and organizational (encouraging message from an executive) strategies. The primary outcome was change in objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA). A paired t-test was used to compare the changes between weeks 0 and 8. We also conducted a subdomain analysis of PA divided into four domains (working, non-working, commuting working, and remote working). Excluding 26 participants who could not complete valid assessments, the MVPA among participants ( n = 50, age 49.6 ± 9.7) significantly increased by +7.3 min/day [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.8 to 13.8]. We also identified significant changes in MVPA by +10.0 min/day [95% CI, 3.7 to 16.3] in working days ( n = 40), and by +7.1 min/day [95% CI, 0.4 to 13.7] in remote working days ( n = 34). We demonstrated that multi-component PA interventions might improve MVPA among Japanese office workers.

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  • Jihoon Kim & Ryoko Mizushima & Kotaro Nishida & Masahiro Morimoto & Yoshio Nakata, 2022. "Multi-Component Intervention to Promote Physical Activity in Japanese Office Workers: A Single-Arm Feasibility Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(24), pages 1-12, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:19:y:2022:i:24:p:16859-:d:1004350
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