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Table 4 Actionsa implemented at the three levels (organization, working unit, employee) in the participating workplaces for increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior

From: Moving to business – changes in physical activity and sedentary behavior after multilevel intervention in small and medium-size workplaces

Actions by level

Actions implemented in the 12 workplaces (1–12)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

ORGANIZATION

 Providing staff with Sit and Stand desks

  

X

X

X

 

X

  

X

X

X

 Standing desks in the meeting rooms and collective spaces

        

X

 

X

 

 Exercise equipment for the collective use

  

X

X

X

 

X

 

X

 

X

 

 Shared bicycle for work-related errands

          

X

 

 Nutritional campaign in collaboration with the restaurant staff

         

X

  

 Replacing of copy machines to increase daily steps

           

X

 Stair posters beside the elevators

     

X

     

X

 Documenting breaks from sitting in the organization strategy

           

X

 Introducing walking routes for coffee breaks

  

X

         

 Providing stability balls for seats

  

X

   

X

     

 Updating the locker rooms

  

X

         

 Organizing physical activity day/days

X

 

X

         

 Engaging occupational health care in physical activity promotion

X

 

X

 

X

X

      

 Nominating a wellbeing team

X

   

X

       

 Incentive to use one hour working time per week for physical activity

    

X

       

 Purchasing saddle stools

    

X

       

WORKING UNIT

 Arranging instructed physical activity breaks

    

X

     

X

X

 Standing up during meetings (staff)

      

X

 

X

 

X

 

 Providing information on wellbeing in the folders placed in the coffee rooms

X

         

X

X

 Having stand-up meetings (management group)

           

X

 Offering lectures on physical activity, diet, rest etc.

  

X

X

  

X

  

X

 

X

 Providing instruction sheets for physical activity breaks

   

X

        

 Giving guidance on how to use physical activity equipment

   

X

        

 Providing a possibility for physical activity experiments

X

 

X

X

X

 

X

     

 Arranging fitness tests/impedance measurements

X

X

 

X

  

X

     

 Having walking and stand-up meetings (staff)

X

 

X

 

X

       

 Reminding about and encouraging to stand in weekly meetings

       

X

    

 Having walking meetings

      

X

X

    

 Arranging stand-up coffee breaks during meetings

       

X

    

 Campaigning for active commuting to work

       

X

    

 Arranging weekly group-exercise

      

X

     

INDIVIDUAL

 Wall pictures reminding about breaks from sitting

   

X

      

X

X

 Breaks from sitting at one’s workstation during newscast

    

X

       

 Instructed exercise program for physical activity breaks

     

X

X

     

 E-mail messages and information on increasing physical activity

           

X

 Including conversation on physical activity and rest in individual development discussions

           

X

 Activity monitors to all employees

X

           

 Individual physical activity counseling based on impedance measurements

X

X

          

 Individual goals for bicycling

      

X

     

Total number of actions per workplace

9

2

10

8

10

3

11

4

3

3

8

11

  1. aInformation collected from the action-plans of the workplaces. Minor revisions made by the authors for better correspondence of actions and levels