A step in the right direction? Change in mental well-being and self-reported work performance among physically inactive university employees during a walking intervention

Cecilie Thøgersen-ntoumani; Elizabeth A. Loughren; Ian M. Taylor; Joan L. Duda; Kenneth R. Fox

doi:10.1016/j.mhpa.2014.06.004

A step in the right direction? Change in mental well-being and self-reported work performance among physically inactive university employees during a walking intervention

Cecilie Thøgersen-ntoumani, Elizabeth A. Loughren, Ian M. Taylor, Joan L. Duda, Kenneth R. Fox

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Abstract

Objective
To examine well-being and work performance changes accompanying participation in a 16-week uncontrolled feasibility lunchtime walking trial.
Method
Participants were 75 (92% female; M age = 47.68) previously physically inactive non-academic employees from a large British university. Multilevel modelling analyses examined well-being and work performance trajectories from baseline to post-intervention, to four months later, controlling for group membership and trait affectivity.
Results
Increases in perceptions of health, subjective vitality, and work performance, and decreases in fatigue at work were observed. Changes were sustained four months after the end of the intervention. No changes were identified for enthusiasm, nervousness and relaxation at work.
Conclusion
Although this was a relatively small uncontrolled feasibility trial, the results suggest that participation in a walking programme may be associated with sustainable well-being benefits and improvements in perceptions of work performance.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-94
Journal	Mental Health and Physical Activity
Volume	7
Issue number	2
Early online date	21 Jun 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2014.06.004
Publication status	Published - Jun 2014

Keywords

Physical activity
Job affect
Enthusiasm
Subjective vitality
Fatigue

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Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research (linked to 18289 & 19482)
Lord, J. (Principal Investigator), Buckley, C. (Co-Investigator), Duda, J. (Co-Investigator), Dunn, W. (Co-Investigator), Miall, C. (Co-Investigator) & Greig, C. (Co-Investigator)
Medical Research Council
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A step in the right direction? Change in mental well-being and self-reported work performance among physically inactive university employees during a walking intervention. / Thøgersen-ntoumani, Cecilie; Loughren, Elizabeth A.; Taylor, Ian M. et al.
In: Mental Health and Physical Activity, Vol. 7, No. 2, 06.2014, p. 89-94.

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