TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - A poster-based intervention to promote stair use in blue- and white-collar worksites
JO  - Preventive medicine
A1  - Kwak, L.
A1  - Kremers, Stef P. J.
A1  - van Baak, M. A.
A1  - Brug, Johannes
SP  - 177
EP  - 181
VL  - 45
IS  - 2-3
N2  - OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have generally shown the effectiveness of prompts to promote stair use in worksites that mainly consist of white-collar workers. The present study tested whether an intervention using prompts is effective in stimulating stair use in two types of worksites: one consisting mainly of white-collar workers and one mainly of blue-collar workers. METHOD: In 2005, elevator and stair use (stair climbing and descent) was monitored in two types of worksites in the Netherlands, namely one office building (n=150 white-collar workers) and one paper factory (n=800 blue-collar workers). The study used a simple time-series design of collecting data in three waves: before, during and after implementation of posters containing prompts stimulating stair use. RESULTS: A total of 6771 choices between stairs and elevator were observed. There was a significant difference between stair use at baseline and during the poster intervention in both types of worksites. There was no worksite-by-intervention interaction, implying that the prompts were equally effective in both types of worksites. After removal of the posters stair use decreased significantly to a level that was not significantly different from baseline. CONCLUSION: Stair use can be positively influenced in both blue- and white-collar workers by a short-term low-cost intervention using prompts on posters.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0091-7435
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.05.005
ID  - ref1
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