Interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery (Dr Goel, Mr Pham, Dr Nguyen, Dr Najafi); Department of Neuroscience (Dr Goel), Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; U.S. General Services Administration, Washington, DC (Mr Gilligan, Dr Heerwagen, Mr Kampschroer, the Wellbuilt for Wellbeing Team); Department of Psychology (Dr Mehl, Dr Sternberg); Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona Institute on Place and Wellbeing & Performance (Dr Lindberg, Dr Sternberg), University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
Address correspondence to: Bijan Najafi, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX ([email protected]).
R.G. and A.P. have contributed equally.
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
Acknowledgments, including all sources of support: This project was a collaboration between the U.S. General Services Administration, the University of Arizona, the Baylor College of Medicine, and Aclima Inc. This study was funded in part by United States General Services Administration contract # GS-00-H-14-AA-C-0094; University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, and National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (Award#2SB1AG032748-06). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of sponsors.
Ethical Considerations & Disclosure(s): All subjects provided written informed consent. The Institutional Review Board of University of Arizona approved the study.
Clinical Significance: This study demonstrated that workstation design could be a health-promoting factor with more pronounced benefit among tried workers. Specifically, results suggest that among tired workers, open-bench seating workers had increased physical activity, improved sleep quality, and reduced stress compared with workers in private offices and cubicles.
