TY - JOUR T1 - Monitoring sedentary patterns in office employees: validity of an m-health tool (Walk@Work-App) for occupational health JO - Gaceta Sanitaria T2 - AU - Bort-Roig,Judit AU - Puig-Ribera,Anna AU - Contreras,Ruth S. AU - Chirveches-Pérez,Emilia AU - Martori,Joan C. AU - Gilson,Nicholas D. AU - McKenna,Jim SN - 02139111 M3 - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.05.004 DO - 10.1016/j.gaceta.2017.05.004 UR - https://www.gacetasanitaria.org/en-monitoring-sedentary-patterns-in-office-articulo-S0213911117301401 AB - ObjectiveThis study validated the Walk@Work-Application (W@W-App) for measuring occupational sitting and stepping. MethodsThe W@W-App was installed on the smartphones of office-based employees (n=17; 10 women; 26±3 years). A prescribed 1-hour laboratory protocol plus two continuous hours of occupational free-living activities were performed. Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) compared mean differences of sitting time and step count measurements between the W@W-App and criterion measures (ActivPAL3TM and SW200Yamax Digi-Walker). ResultsDuring the protocol, agreement between self-paced walking (ICC=0.85) and active working tasks step counts (ICC=0.80) was good. The smallest median difference was for sitting time (1.5seconds). During free-living conditions, sitting time (ICC=0.99) and stepping (ICC=0.92) showed excellent agreement, with a difference of 0.5minutes and 18 steps respectively. ConclusionsThe W@W-App provided valid measures for monitoring occupational sedentary patterns in real life conditions; a key issue for increasing awareness and changing occupational sedentariness. ER -