Upcomplish: the effects of a sedentary behavior reduction program

The Upcomplish intervention is based on the VitaBit toolkit and aims at office workers' sedentary behavior. Trained coaches are the implementers and deliver half-automatized content (e.g. feedback, health information, tailored advice, challenges) to the participants via their preferred communication channel. The programme objective of this intervention is to improve the activity patterns of office workers. Secondary outcomes are: improved mental health including vitality, stress, performance and others. In this intervention, office employees use the VitaBit monitoring toolkit and regularly receive tailored and half-automatized feedback and motivational advice by a coach. All five intervention groups start at 6-weekly-lagged times. Thereby, the baseline week of one group serves as control for the outcome week of an earlier intervention group. Activity is measured continuously via the VitaBit toolkit, questionnaires about quality-of-life and psychosocial determinants are distributedto all groups at baseline, week 7 and week 13.

A 12 weekly computer-tailored coaching program reduces sedentary behavior. Perceived bodily pain, mental health, vitality, stress, and performance are expected to lower by the means of reduced sitting time.

Group1: T0, week 1 (march 2019), T1, week 13
Group2: T0 week 7, T1, week 19
Group3:T0 week 13, T1, week 25
Group4:T0 week 19, T1, week 31
Group5:T0 week 25, T1, week 37

The intervention will take 12 weeks, including a personal kick-off meeting in the second week and twice-weekly feedback moments per user by the coach through the participants' preferred communication channels.