The Effect of a Leisure Time Physical Activity Intervention Delivered via a Workplace

15-Month Follow-Up Study

Bibliographic Data

ID15503176
AuthorsMarit Skogstad (0000-0002-6126-4435, National Institute of Occupational Health, corresponding author), Lars-Kristian Lunde (0000-0001-6219-9244, National Institute of Occupational Health), Bente Ulvestad (0000-0001-7674-3001, National Institute of Occupational Health), Hans Christian D Aass (0000-0002-0395-047X, Oslo University Hospital), Thomas Clemm (0000-0002-2506-9659), Asgeir Mamen (0000-0002-4316-7455, Høyskolen Kristiania), Øivind Skare (0000-0001-8043-2820, National Institute of Occupational Health)
Year2018
Volume15
Issue2
Pages264-264
Publication date2018-02-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph15020264
PMID29401699
OpenAlexW2791110436
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited9

In line with recommendations from both the World Health Organization and the European Union some employers encourage workplace health promotion through physical activity (PA) facilities and leisure time PA-initiatives. The current study describes a 15-month follow-up after an 8-week workplace delivered PA-initiative, investigates if improvements in cardiovascular risk status are sustainable, and elucidates differences according to educational level. One hundred and twenty one employees (43 women) were examined before and after the 8-week PA-initiative and 94 at the 15-month follow-up. PA-levels, blood pressure, resting heart rate, lipids, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), C-reactive protein (CRP), and selected markers of inflammation were registered at baseline, immediately after the 8-week PA-initiative, and 15 months after baseline. At the end of follow-up (15-month), PA-levels-increased during the 8-week intervention-had returned to baseline values. None of the five improvements in cardiovascular markers (total cholesterol, low density lipoprotein (LDL), P-selectin, CD40Ligand (CD40L) and Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1)) seen at the 8-week follow-up were sustained. At the 15-month follow-up as compared to baseline HbA1c, CRP (log) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) were reduced by 0.06 mmol/L (95% CI -0.11,-0.01), 0.25 mg/L (95% CI -0.46,-0.04) and 0.39 pg/mL (95% CI -0.75, -0.04), respectively. At baseline, there were differences in cardiovascular risk factors comparing men with low versus high levels of education. No differences in changes in outcomes between these groups of men were found during follow-up. In this study highly educated men generally have lower levels of cardiovascular risk factors, but the effect of PA on such markers in this group do not differ from the effects seen in less educated men

Blood pressure · C-reactive protein · Inflammation · Physical therapy · Cardiovascular and exercise physiology · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Gerontology · Internal Medicine

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