Preliminary investigation on Malaysian office workers’ sedentary behaviour, health consequences, and intervention preferences: Towards designing anti sedentary behaviour change support systems
Sedentary behaviour is a phrase that describes low-energy activities that are commonly coupled with long periods of sitting. Sedentary behaviour has been linked to a variety of negative health effects. Nonetheless, health experts say that the best approach to avoid this condition is to take regular...
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| author | Faisal Mohamed, Nur Fadziana A. Iahad, Noorminshah |
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| description | Sedentary behaviour is a phrase that describes low-energy activities that are commonly coupled with long periods of sitting. Sedentary behaviour has been linked to a variety of negative health effects. Nonetheless, health experts say that the best approach to avoid this condition is to take regular breaks from prolonged sitting. The goals of this study were to find out about 1) sedentary time and patterns among office workers who mostly use computers, 2) health effects of extended sitting, and 3) awareness about sedentary behaviour health repercussions and intervention preferences. From March to May 2019, a poll was conducted in several Malaysian government agencies. The findings suggest that Malaysian office workers work long hours and spend a lot of time sitting. As a result, reducing occupational sitting time is an effective preventative measure. Environmental restructuring was identified as the most popular intervention by respondents, followed by the use of technology to convince people to take a break from sitting. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-998192023-04-04T06:46:49Z http://eprints.utm.my/99819/ Preliminary investigation on Malaysian office workers’ sedentary behaviour, health consequences, and intervention preferences: Towards designing anti sedentary behaviour change support systems Faisal Mohamed, Nur Fadziana A. Iahad, Noorminshah HD28 Management. Industrial Management Sedentary behaviour is a phrase that describes low-energy activities that are commonly coupled with long periods of sitting. Sedentary behaviour has been linked to a variety of negative health effects. Nonetheless, health experts say that the best approach to avoid this condition is to take regular breaks from prolonged sitting. The goals of this study were to find out about 1) sedentary time and patterns among office workers who mostly use computers, 2) health effects of extended sitting, and 3) awareness about sedentary behaviour health repercussions and intervention preferences. From March to May 2019, a poll was conducted in several Malaysian government agencies. The findings suggest that Malaysian office workers work long hours and spend a lot of time sitting. As a result, reducing occupational sitting time is an effective preventative measure. Environmental restructuring was identified as the most popular intervention by respondents, followed by the use of technology to convince people to take a break from sitting. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2022 Book Section PeerReviewed Faisal Mohamed, Nur Fadziana and A. Iahad, Noorminshah (2022) Preliminary investigation on Malaysian office workers’ sedentary behaviour, health consequences, and intervention preferences: Towards designing anti sedentary behaviour change support systems. In: Advances on Intelligent Informatics and Computing Health Informatics, Intelligent Systems, Data Science and Smart Computing. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, 127 (NA). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 677-687. ISBN 978-3-030-98740-4 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98741-1_56 DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-98741-1_56 |
| spellingShingle | HD28 Management. Industrial Management Faisal Mohamed, Nur Fadziana A. Iahad, Noorminshah Preliminary investigation on Malaysian office workers’ sedentary behaviour, health consequences, and intervention preferences: Towards designing anti sedentary behaviour change support systems |
| title | Preliminary investigation on Malaysian office workers’ sedentary behaviour, health consequences, and intervention preferences: Towards designing anti sedentary behaviour change support systems |
| title_full | Preliminary investigation on Malaysian office workers’ sedentary behaviour, health consequences, and intervention preferences: Towards designing anti sedentary behaviour change support systems |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary investigation on Malaysian office workers’ sedentary behaviour, health consequences, and intervention preferences: Towards designing anti sedentary behaviour change support systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary investigation on Malaysian office workers’ sedentary behaviour, health consequences, and intervention preferences: Towards designing anti sedentary behaviour change support systems |
| title_short | Preliminary investigation on Malaysian office workers’ sedentary behaviour, health consequences, and intervention preferences: Towards designing anti sedentary behaviour change support systems |
| title_sort | preliminary investigation on malaysian office workers sedentary behaviour health consequences and intervention preferences towards designing anti sedentary behaviour change support systems |
| topic | HD28 Management. Industrial Management |
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