Continuous Work-related Sitting Time and Its Association with Perceived Workplace Support for Health Among Workers in the Greater Accra Municipality: a Cross-sectional Analysis with Sensitivity Analyses

Overview

Journal BMC Public Health

Publisher Biomed Central

Specialty Public Health

Date 2024 Nov 5

PMID 39501218

Authors

Emelia Danquah

Nestor Asiamah

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Abstract

Background: Research to date has shown that work-related sitting time can be a major occupational health risk. This understanding has encouraged several workplace health promotion efforts. Even so, some domains of work-related sitting time and their associations with Perceived Workplace Support for Health (PWSH) have not been considered in research. This study aims to compare domains of work-related sitting time between employee characteristics (e.g., gender and age) and assess their associations with PWSH.

Methods: This study adopted a cross-sectional design with a sensitivity analysis against confounding and measures against common methods bias. The study population was employees of private and public firms in Accra, Ghana. In all, 1000 employees participated in the study. The hierarchical linear regression analysis and the independent samples t-test were used to present the results.

Results: Employees working in service firms, compared with those working in manufacturing firms, reported longer sitting time for lunchtime. After adjusting for physical function, we found a negative association between PWSH and the sum of continuous sitting time as well as its domains (p < 0.001), except for 'sitting with a desk' (p > 0.05).

Conclusion: Work-related sitting time was associated with employee characteristics and was lower at higher PWSH. This study reinforces the importance of workplace support for health and its role in work-related sitting.

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