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A Multicomponent Workplace Environmental Intervention to Promote Physical Activity among the Staff of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

Background: Physical inactivity is a significant public health issue affecting working adults because it can increase the risk of noncommunicable diseases. Objectives: The objective is to determine the outcomes of a multi-component workplace environmental intervention that incorporated physical act...

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Main Authors: Cheah, Yong Xiang, Cheah, Whye Lian, Helmy, Hazmi
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Published: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2024
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RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
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spelling my.unimas.ir.446862024-05-06T02:14:22Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44686/ A Multicomponent Workplace Environmental Intervention to Promote Physical Activity among the Staff of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Cheah, Yong Xiang Cheah, Whye Lian Helmy, Hazmi RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine Background: Physical inactivity is a significant public health issue affecting working adults because it can increase the risk of noncommunicable diseases. Objectives: The objective is to determine the outcomes of a multi-component workplace environmental intervention that incorporated physical activity self-regulation (PASR) to promote physical activity (PA) among employees. Materials and Methods: This was a 6‑month intervention with a two‑group, parallel, quasi-experimental study. A total of 11 workplaces were randomly assigned to intervention group(IG) or control group (CG) using a 1:1 allocation ratio. In each group, 84 eligible participants were recruited. The IG was exposed to the organizational support and the PA support components throughout the study. The PASR Scale, International PA Questionnaire, and pedometer were used to measure the outcome at the baseline, 3rd‑month, and 6th-month follow-ups, respectively. The repeated measures-analysis of variance analysis was used to determine the changes in the PASR skills, MET-min/week, and step/week over time. Results: The IG had 75 participants (51 females and 24 males) and the CG had 73 participants (52 females and 21 males) at the 6th‑month follow‑up. Despite there was no statistically significant difference in the outcomes between groups over time, the IG showed significant improvements in total PASR (ηp 2=0.021), goal setting (ηp 2=0.024), total MET-min/week (ηp 2=0.031), housework-related PA (ηp 2=0.101), and step/week (ηp 2=0.827) throughout this intervention. Conclusion: This intervention was found to be effective in improving the PASR skills, MET‑min/week, and step/week of IG participants. Meanwhile, because some effect sizes were small, these findings should be interpreted with caution. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2024-04-04 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44686/3/A%20Multicomponent.pdf Cheah, Yong Xiang and Cheah, Whye Lian and Helmy, Hazmi (2024) A Multicomponent Workplace Environmental Intervention to Promote Physical Activity among the Staff of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak. Indian Journal of Public Health, 68 (1). pp. 66-74. ISSN 0019-557X https://journals.lww.com/ijph/fulltext/2024/68010/a_multicomponent_workplace_environmental.13.aspx DOI: 10.4103/ijph.ijph_543_23
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topic RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
spellingShingle RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Cheah, Yong Xiang
Cheah, Whye Lian
Helmy, Hazmi
A Multicomponent Workplace Environmental Intervention to Promote Physical Activity among the Staff of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
description Background: Physical inactivity is a significant public health issue affecting working adults because it can increase the risk of noncommunicable diseases. Objectives: The objective is to determine the outcomes of a multi-component workplace environmental intervention that incorporated physical activity self-regulation (PASR) to promote physical activity (PA) among employees. Materials and Methods: This was a 6‑month intervention with a two‑group, parallel, quasi-experimental study. A total of 11 workplaces were randomly assigned to intervention group(IG) or control group (CG) using a 1:1 allocation ratio. In each group, 84 eligible participants were recruited. The IG was exposed to the organizational support and the PA support components throughout the study. The PASR Scale, International PA Questionnaire, and pedometer were used to measure the outcome at the baseline, 3rd‑month, and 6th-month follow-ups, respectively. The repeated measures-analysis of variance analysis was used to determine the changes in the PASR skills, MET-min/week, and step/week over time. Results: The IG had 75 participants (51 females and 24 males) and the CG had 73 participants (52 females and 21 males) at the 6th‑month follow‑up. Despite there was no statistically significant difference in the outcomes between groups over time, the IG showed significant improvements in total PASR (ηp 2=0.021), goal setting (ηp 2=0.024), total MET-min/week (ηp 2=0.031), housework-related PA (ηp 2=0.101), and step/week (ηp 2=0.827) throughout this intervention. Conclusion: This intervention was found to be effective in improving the PASR skills, MET‑min/week, and step/week of IG participants. Meanwhile, because some effect sizes were small, these findings should be interpreted with caution.
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author Cheah, Yong Xiang
Cheah, Whye Lian
Helmy, Hazmi
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Helmy, Hazmi
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title A Multicomponent Workplace Environmental Intervention to Promote Physical Activity among the Staff of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_short A Multicomponent Workplace Environmental Intervention to Promote Physical Activity among the Staff of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_full A Multicomponent Workplace Environmental Intervention to Promote Physical Activity among the Staff of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_fullStr A Multicomponent Workplace Environmental Intervention to Promote Physical Activity among the Staff of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed A Multicomponent Workplace Environmental Intervention to Promote Physical Activity among the Staff of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
title_sort multicomponent workplace environmental intervention to promote physical activity among the staff of universiti malaysia sarawak
publisher Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
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