A three arm cluster randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the SMART Work & Life intervention for reducing daily sitting time in office workers: study protocol

• Main Authors: Charlotte L. Edwardson (Author), Stuart J. H. Biddle (Author), Alexandra Clarke-Cornwell (Author), Stacy Clemes (Author), Melanie J. Davies (Author), David W. Dunstan (Author), Helen Eborall (Author), Malcolm H. Granat (Author), Laura J. Gray (Author), Genevieve N. Healy (Author), Gerry Richardson (Author), Thomas Yates (Author), Fehmidah Munir (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Office-based workers typically spend 70-85% of working hours, and a large proportion of leisure time, sitting. High levels of sitting have been linked to poor health. There is a need for fully powered randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with long-term follow-up to test the effect...