The association between occupational standing and sedentary leisure time over consecutive workdays among blue-collar workers in manual jobs

Nov 15, 2018International archives of occupational and environmental health

How Standing at Work Relates to Sitting During Free Time Across Workdays in Manual Labor Workers

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Abstract

No association was found between percent of work hours spent standing and percent of leisure time spent sedentary.

  • An increase in sedentary leisure time was observed over a week (coef. = 0.70, p < 0.01).
  • This increase in sedentary time was not linked to consecutive workdays of occupational standing (coef. = 0.02, p = 0.42).
  • Previous hypotheses suggested that fatigue from standing could lead to greater sedentary leisure time, but this study did not find support for that idea.
  • Low variation in sedentary leisure time or the measurement of occupational standing may have influenced the findings.

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