Dataset of the survey from the study "Evaluation of Factors Influencing Sedentary Behavior in Office Workers Who Work for Extended Periods in a Sitting Position". Study population - Latvian office workers.

Dataset

Description

This dataset represents original raw data from the anonymous survey of Latvian office workers (n=552) "Evaluation of Factors Influencing Sedentary Behavior in Office Workers Who Work for Extended Periods in a Sitting Position". The survey focused on sedentary behaviour, subjective evaluation of mobility during the work, as well as motivational and hindering factors for movements. The survey was conducted from May 2022 till May 2023 by Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) agency Institute of Occupational Safety and Environmental Health and the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Original questionnaire was in Latvian and distributed electronically. The selection criteria were: whether a computer was used at work and whether the work was mostly sedentary. The study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Riga Stradiņš University (Date 21.04.2022/No 2-PĒK-4/247/2022).
Date made available8 Jan 2025
PublisherZenodo
Date of data productionMay 2022 - May 2023

Field of Science

  • 3.3 Health sciences

Keywords

  • occupational health
  • ergonomics
  • prevention
  • sedentariness
  • office workers

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