PMID: 18728907Aug 30, 2008Paper

Health-related effects of worksite interventions involving physical exercise and reduced workhours

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health
Ulrica von Thiele SchwarzUlf Lundberg

Abstract

This study examined the health-related effects of two worksite interventions, physical exercise and reduced workhours, on women employed in dentistry. Six workplaces were randomized to one of the following three conditions: (i) 2.5 hours of weekly, mandatory physical exercise of middle-to-high intensity to be performed during workhours (N=62), (ii) a reduction of full-time weekly workhours from 40 to 37.5 hours (N=50), and (iii) reference. In all, 177 women participated. Biomarkers and self-ratings in questionnaires were obtained before the intervention (T (1)), and six (T (2)) and 12 months (T (3)) after the intervention. The results showed increased levels of physical activity and exercise in all of the groups, the level of physical exercise being significantly greater in the physical exercise group. Repeated-measures analyses of variance using data from T (1)and T (3)for biological measures and all three time points for self-ratings produced significant interaction effects for glucose, waist-to-hip ratio, and work ability and clear trends for general symptoms and upper-extremity disorders. Posthoc analyses showed that the results of the health-related measures differed between the interventions, decreased glucose and upper-e...Continue Reading

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