Reducing occupational sitting: Workers’ perspectives on participation in a multi-component intervention

Table 3 Summary of participants’ responses to each theme

Themes	Interviews (n = 21)	Focus groups (n = 7)
Themes	n	n
Overall experience^a	Positive: 21	Positive: 7
Overall experience^a	Negative: 4^a	Positive: 7
Awareness raising	Positive: 15	Positive: 4
Awareness raising	Neutral: 1	Positive: 4
Improved health and well-being^a	Positive: 18	Positive: 5
Improved health and well-being^a	Negative: 3	Positive: 5
Work performance and productivity
Effects on work performance	No effect: 11	Positive: 4
	Positive: 5
	Negative: 2
Long-term productivity outcomes	Positive: 2	Positive: 2
Workstation design^a	Negative: 12	Negative: 7
	Positive: 1
	Neutral: 6
Communication and team dynamics^a	Positive: 9	Positive: 3
	Negative: 1	Negative: 1
	Neutral: 2	Negative: 1
Organisational support and workplace culture
The importance of social support^a	Positive: 16	Positive: 5
	Negative: 1	Negative: 1
	Neutral: 1	Negative: 1
Intervention effects on non-participants^a	Positive: 4	Positive: 2
	Negative: 5	Negative: 3
	No effect: 6	No effect: 3
Organisational support post-intervention^a	Uncertain: 8	Uncertain: 2
Organisational support post-intervention^a	Certain (for OHS issue/request): 9	Certain (for OHS issue/request): 4
Processes of behavioural change
Sit-stand workstations as the key facilitator of behavioural change^a	Yes: 13	Yes: 7
	No: 1	Yes: 7
Diversity in use and engagement with intervention strategies around ‘stand up, sit less and move more’	Yes: 21	Yes: 7
Health coaching and behavioural change	Useful: 13	Useful: 4
Health coaching and behavioural change	Neutral/not useful: 6	Neutral/not useful: 3

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