Movement as Medicine for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Pilot Feasibility Study of a Physical Activity Promotion Intervention for At-Risk Patients in Primary Care.

Background: Physical activity (PA) can reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors, and although primary care settings offer a large reach to promote PA and reduce CVD risk, primary health care professionals may lack self-efficacy and tools to effectively promote PA in practice. Movement as Medicine for CVD Prevention is a suite of 2 theory-based, web-based behavioral interventions-one for health care professionals and one for patients-which may offer a pathway for promoting PA and reducing CVD risk in primary care.

Objective: This study aims to examine the feasibility and possible effects of Movement as Medicine for CVD Prevention.

The Daily Mile in practice: implementation and adaptation of the school running programme in a multiethnic city in the UK.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to generate new evidence on how The Daily Mile (TDM), a popular school-based running programme in the UK, is implemented in a diverse and multiethnic city in the UK and also the barriers faced by non-implementer schools.

Design: Mixed method cross-sectional study (including survey data collection and qualitative interviews).

Setting: Primary schools in a multiethnic city in the East Midlands, UK.

Reducing sitting at work: process evaluation of the SMArT Work (Stand More At Work) intervention.

Background: Office-based workers accumulate high amounts of sitting time. Stand More At Work (SMArT Work) aimed to reduce occupational sitting time and a cluster randomised controlled trial demonstrated it was successful in achieving this aim. The purpose of this paper is to present the process evaluation of the SMArT Work intervention.

A Cost and Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Stand More AT Work (SMArT Work) Intervention.

This study conducted a cost and cost-benefit analysis of the Stand More AT (SMArT) Work workplace intervention, designed to reduce sitting time. The study was a cluster two-armed randomised controlled trial involving 37 office clusters (146 desk-based workers) in a National Health Service Trust. The intervention group received a height-adjustable workstation with supporting behaviour change strategies.

Effectiveness of the Stand More AT (SMArT) Work intervention: cluster randomised controlled trial.

Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a multicomponent intervention (Stand More AT (SMArT) Work) designed to reduce sitting time on short (three months), medium (six months), and longer term (12 months) changes in occupational, daily, and prolonged sitting, standing, and physical activity, and physical, psychological, and work related health.

Design: Cluster two arm randomised controlled trial.

Setting: National Health Service trust, England.

Stand More AT Work (SMArT Work): using the behaviour change wheel to develop an intervention to reduce sitting time in the workplace.

Background: Sitting (sedentary behaviour) is widespread among desk-based office workers and a high level of sedentary behaviour is a risk factor for poor health. Reducing workplace sitting time is therefore an important prevention strategy. Interventions are more likely to be effective if they are theory and evidence-based.

Accuracy of Posture Allocation Algorithms for Thigh- and Waist-Worn Accelerometers.

Purpose: The objective of this study is to compare the accuracy of the activPAL and ActiGraph GT3X+ (waist and thigh) proprietary postural allocation algorithms and an open-source postural allocation algorithm applied to GENEActiv (thigh) and ActiGraph GT3X+ (thigh) data.

Methods: Thirty-four adults (≥18 yr) wore the activPAL3, GENEActiv, and ActiGraph GT3X+ on the right thigh and an ActiGraph on the right hip while performing four lying, seven sitting, and five upright activities in the laboratory. Lying and sitting tasks incorporated a range of leg angles (e.

Factors in attendance at cardiac rehabilitation.

Aim: The aim of this study was to advance our understanding of why patients do not attend our local cardiac rehabilitation programme.

Method: All patients referred to the CR programme over a three-month period were invited to take part. Patients completed three questionnaires.

Barriers to attending cardiac rehabilitation.

Audits of cardiac rehabilitation in the U.K. have consistently found that the goals set out in the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease are not being met.

Assessing and managing primary hypertension.

Hypertension is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke and heart failure. This article discusses treatments for primary hypertension, including lifestyle interventions and drug therapy, and blood pressure measurement.

Office workers' objectively measured sedentary behavior and physical activity during and outside working hours.

Objective: To examine objectively determined sedentary behavior and physical activity (PA) during and outside working hours in full-time office workers.

Methods: A total of 170 participants wore an ActiGraph GT1M accelerometer for 7 days. Time spent sedentary (<100 counts/min), in light-intensity PA (100 to 1951 counts/min), and moderate-to-vigorous PA (≥1952 counts/min) was calculated for workdays (including working hours and nonworking hours) and nonworkdays.

Seasonal variation in physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in a sample of UK adults.

Background: Physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour (SB), sleep and diet have all been associated with increased risk for chronic disease. Seasonality is often overlooked as a determinant of these behaviours in adults. Currently, no study has simultaneously monitored these behaviours in UK adults to assess seasonal variation.

Sedentary behaviour interventions in young people: a meta-analysis.

Background: There is increasing concern about the time young people spend in sedentary behaviour ('sitting time'), especially with the development of attractive home-based electronic entertainment. This may have deleterious health effects.

Purpose: To ascertain, through a meta-analytic review, whether interventions targeted at reducing sedentary behaviours in young people are successful.