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Physical Activity Levels at Work and Outside of Work Among Commercial Construction Workers

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Characterize the number of minutes of moderate and vigorous physical activities at work and outside of work during seven consecutive days, in a sample of 55 commercial construction workers. METHODS: Workers wore accelerometers during work and outside-of-work hours for seven consecutive days and completed brief survey at the seventh day of data collection. RESULTS: From the directly measured physical activity, the average number per participant of moderate minutes of occupational physical activity and physical activity outside of work obtained in short bouts were 243 minutes (65%) and 130 minutes (35%), respectively. Directly measured minutes of vigorous occupational physical activity were significant and positively correlated with self-reported fatigue. CONCLUSIONS: Among commercial construction workers, physical activity from work contributes significantly, approximately two thirds, toward a worker's total amount of weekly minutes of moderate physical activity.

Source: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000000303

Authors: Oscar E. Arias, Alberto J. Caban-Martinez, Peter E. Umukoro, Cassandra A. Okechukwu, Jack T. Dennerlein

Institutions: Northeastern University, Harvard University

Language: English

Topic: Physical Activity and Health

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

Funders: Tsinghua University, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health