2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Exploring strategies to avoid the health hazards of dramatic increase in sedentary behavior among remote workers
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21K11693
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 59040:Nutrition science and health science-related
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
Shibata Ai 筑波大学, 体育系, 准教授 (30454119)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
岡 浩一朗 早稲田大学, スポーツ科学学術院, 教授 (00318817)
石井 香織 早稲田大学, スポーツ科学学術院, 教授 (10548697)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Keywords | 座位行動 / 就業者 / 記述疫学 / 関連要因 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The results of this study identified that the Stage of Change Scale in sedentary behavior had sufficient reliability and validity for assessing the status of excessive sitting and motivational readiness for reducing it among remote workers. Also, the results showed that nearly half of participants were low motivation to eliminate excessive sitting. Moreover, a walkable environment around the workplace was found as important environmental factor associated with sedentary time at work and during transport. The smartphone application was developed from the results of both review of previous intervention studies examining the effect of smartphone applications on reducing sedentary time for office workers and the present study and preliminarily examined its effect. The results suggest that this smartphone application may effectively reduce sedentary time among remote workers, including view from usability and accessibility perspectives.
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| Free Research Field |
運動疫学
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
新型コロナウイルスの蔓延に伴うリモートワーカーの激増は、更なる健康被害をもたらしている。その原因の1つとして、リモートワークに伴う座りすぎが関与している。近年、デスクワーカーの座りすぎ対策として、オフィスの環境整備に注目が集まっているが、リモートワーカーにおける在宅での座りすぎ対策に関しては十分な研究成果の蓄積がない。本研究から得た知見は、国内外においてエビデンスが不足しているリモートワーカーに対する座りすぎ対策を格段に進展させる科学的基盤が構築できた点でその学術的意義は大きい。特に、国を挙げて推進してきた健康経営や働き方改革に関する取り組みを創造するための一助となるため、社会的意義も大きい。
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