Time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: a pilot study

This cross-sectional pilot study objectively measured sedentary and non-sedentary time in a sample of bus drivers from the East Midlands, United Kingdom. Participants wore an activPAL3 inclinometer for 7days and completed a daily diary. Driver's blood pressure, heart rate, waist circumference a...

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Main Authors:	Veronica Varela-Mato, Thomas E. Yates, David Stensel, Stuart J.H. Biddle, Stacy Clemes
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Published:	2016
Subjects:	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Bus drivers Sedentary behaviour Physical activity Cardiovascular health Occupational health Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/20064
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spelling	rr-article-96271882016-01-01T00:00:00Z Time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: a pilot study Veronica Varela-Mato (3204960) Thomas E. Yates (7237088) David Stensel (1257075) Stuart J.H. Biddle (7238342) Stacy Clemes (1256949) Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Bus drivers Sedentary behaviour Physical activity Cardiovascular health Occupational health Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified This cross-sectional pilot study objectively measured sedentary and non-sedentary time in a sample of bus drivers from the East Midlands, United Kingdom. Participants wore an activPAL3 inclinometer for 7days and completed a daily diary. Driver's blood pressure, heart rate, waist circumference and body composition were measured objectively at the outset. The proportions of time spent sedentary and non-sedentary were calculated during waking hours on workdays and non-workdays and during working-hours and non-working-hours on workdays. 28 (85% of those enrolled into the study) provided valid objective monitoring data (89.3% male, [median±IQR] age: 45.2±12.8years, BMI 28.1±5.8kg/m2). A greater proportion of time was spent sitting on workdays than non-workdays (75% [724±112min/day] vs. 62% [528±151min/day]; p<0.001), and during working-hours than non-working-hours (83% [417±88min/day] vs. 68% [307±64min/day]; p<0.001) on workdays. Drivers spent less than 3% of their overall time stepping. Bus drivers accumulate high levels of sitting time during working-hours and outside working-hours. Interventions are urgently needed in this at-risk group, which should focus on reducing sitting and increasing movement during breaks and increasing physical activity during leisure time to improve cardiovascular health. 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/20064 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Time_spent_sitting_during_and_outside_working_hours_in_bus_drivers_a_pilot_study/9627188 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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topic	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Bus drivers Sedentary behaviour Physical activity Cardiovascular health Occupational health Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
spellingShingle	Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Bus drivers Sedentary behaviour Physical activity Cardiovascular health Occupational health Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Veronica Varela-Mato Thomas E. Yates David Stensel Stuart J.H. Biddle Stacy Clemes Time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: a pilot study
description	This cross-sectional pilot study objectively measured sedentary and non-sedentary time in a sample of bus drivers from the East Midlands, United Kingdom. Participants wore an activPAL3 inclinometer for 7days and completed a daily diary. Driver's blood pressure, heart rate, waist circumference and body composition were measured objectively at the outset. The proportions of time spent sedentary and non-sedentary were calculated during waking hours on workdays and non-workdays and during working-hours and non-working-hours on workdays. 28 (85% of those enrolled into the study) provided valid objective monitoring data (89.3% male, [median±IQR] age: 45.2±12.8years, BMI 28.1±5.8kg/m2). A greater proportion of time was spent sitting on workdays than non-workdays (75% [724±112min/day] vs. 62% [528±151min/day]; p
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author	Veronica Varela-Mato Thomas E. Yates David Stensel Stuart J.H. Biddle Stacy Clemes
author_facet	Veronica Varela-Mato Thomas E. Yates David Stensel Stuart J.H. Biddle Stacy Clemes
author_sort	Veronica Varela-Mato (3204960)
title	Time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: a pilot study
title_short	Time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: a pilot study
title_full	Time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: a pilot study
title_fullStr	Time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: a pilot study
title_full_unstemmed	Time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: a pilot study
title_sort	time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: a pilot study
publishDate	2016
url	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/20064
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Time spent sitting during and outside working hours in bus drivers: a pilot study

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