@article{ref1,
title="Walking towards health in a university community: a feasibility study",
journal="Preventive medicine",
year="2007",
author="Gilson, Nicholas and McKenna, Jim and Cooke, Carlton and Brown, Wendy",
volume="44",
number="2",
pages="167-169",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: Using a randomised control trial design, this study assessed the impact of two walking interventions, on the work day step counts and health of UK academic and administrative, university employees. METHOD: A convenience sample of 58 women (age 42+/-10 years) and 6 men (age 40+/-11 years) completed baseline and intervention measures for step counts, % body fat, waist circumference and systolic/diastolic blood pressure, during a ten-week period (October to December, 2005). Before intervention, baseline step counts (five working days) were used to randomly allocate participants to a control (maintain normal behaviour, n=22) and two treatment groups (&quot;walking routes&quot;, n=21; &quot;walking in tasks&quot;, n=21). Intervention effects were evaluated by calculating differences between pre-intervention and intervention data. A one-way ANOVA analysed significant differences between groups. RESULTS: A significant intervention effect (p<0.002) was found for step counts, with mean differences indicating a decrease in steps for the control group (-767 steps/day) and increases in the &quot;walking routes&quot; (+926 steps/day) and &quot;walking in tasks&quot; (+997 steps/day) groups. Small, non-significant changes were found in % body fat, waist circumference and blood pressure. CONCLUSIONS: Findings have implications for work-based physical activity promotion and the development of walking interventions within the completion of work-based tasks.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0091-7435",
doi="10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.09.012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2006.09.012"
}