Differences in Free-Living Patterns of Sedentary Behaviour between Office Employees with Diabetes and Office Employees without Diabetes: A Principal Component Analysis for Clinical Practice

Francesc Alòs Colomer (), Àngels Colomer Cugat Mª, Judit Bort-Roig, Emilia Chirveches-Pérez, Yoseba Cánovas Zaldúa, Carlos Martín-Cantera, Josep Franch-Nadal and Anna Puig-Ribera
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Francesc Alòs Colomer: Primary Healthcare Centre Passeig de Sant Joan, Catalan Health Institute, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
Àngels Colomer Cugat Mª: Department of Mathematics, ETSEA, University of Lleida, 25198 Lleida, Spain
Judit Bort-Roig: Sport and Physical Activity Research Group, Centre for Health and Social Care Research, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, 08500 Vic, Spain
Emilia Chirveches-Pérez: Research Group on Methodology, Methods, Models and Outcomes of Health and Social Sciences, Centre for Health and Social Care Research, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, 08500 Vic, Spain
Yoseba Cánovas Zaldúa: Primary Healthcare Centre Passeig de Sant Joan, Catalan Health Institute, 08010 Barcelona, Spain
Carlos Martín-Cantera: Barcelona Research Support Unit, Foundation Primary Care Research Institute IDIAP Jordi Gol, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
Josep Franch-Nadal: Member of the redGDPS Foundation, 08204 Sabadell, Spain
Anna Puig-Ribera: Sport and Physical Activity Research Group, Centre for Health and Social Care Research, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, 08500 Vic, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 19, 1-18

Abstract: Aims: To identify principal components of free-living patterns of sedentary behaviour in office employees with type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared to normal glucose metabolism (NGM) office employees, using principal component analysis (PCA). Methods: 213 office employees ( n = 81 with T2D; n = 132 with NGM) wore an activPAL inclinometer 24 h a day for 7 consecutive days. Comparions of sedentary behaviour patterns between adults with T2D and NGM determined the dimensions that best characterise the sedentary behaviour patterns of office employees with T2D at work, outside work and at weekends. Results: The multivariate PCA technique identified two components that explained 60% of the variability present in the data of sedentary behaviour patterns in the population with diabetes. This was characterised by a fewer number of daily breaks and breaks in time intervals of less than 20 min both at work, outside work and at weekends. On average, adults with T2D took fewer 31 breaks/day than adults without diabetes. Conclusion: Effective interventions from clinical practice to tackle prolonged sedentary behaviour in office employees with T2D should focus on increasing the number of daily sedentary breaks.

Keywords: sedentary behaviour; type 2 diabetes; principal component analysis; desk-BASED job; activPAL; disease management; sitting time (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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