Using nudges to promote physical activity and to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace: a scoping review protocol release_qxxr2kvntvh5rplwqwrhj6uhri

by Sarah Forberger, Frauke Wichmann, Chiara Nicoletta Nicoletta Comito

Published in BMJ Open by BMJ.

2020   Volume 10, Issue 11, e038205

Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Introduction</jats:title>Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are associated with numerous health problems and increasing risks of premature morbidity and mortality. Workplace health promotion with a focus on increasing physical activity (PA) and reducing sedentary behaviour is of growing interest. The concept of choice architecture with the use of nudges is a promising approach to influence decision making regarding health behaviours. It can help to understand why people often fail to act in their best interest, to follow well-informed preferences or to achieve their set goals. Nudges, the way the choice is presented, can help to overcome these challenges by using the same habits, biases or boundaries to alter our decision-making in favour of the more preferred behaviour. Aims of the scoping review will be to analyse (a) to what extent the concept of choice architecture is used in workplace health promotion to promote PA and/or to reduce sedentary behaviour and (b) which instruments (nudges) are used to archive that.</jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods and analyses</jats:title>Medline, PsychInfo, Web of Science and CINHAL will be searched from 2009 until June 2020. Applying a two-level screening process, title and abstracts will be screened according to a set of predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria. Included articles will be screened a second time to determine the extent to which choice architecture has been used. Analyses for publication year, location, setting and target group will be provided. Interventions will be analysed presenting the instruments used, number of studies per instrument, combinations of instruments and alteration of the environment. Outcome measures and results will be reported as they occur.</jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Ethics and dissemination</jats:title>Due to the nature of the scoping review, ethical concerns are minimal. No patient data will be included. Results are published in peer-review journals.</jats:sec>
In application/xml+jats format

Archived Files and Locations

application/pdf  343.6 kB
file_sk2472rnmndy3c26cogop3ymui
bmjopen.bmj.com (publisher)
web.archive.org (webarchive)
application/pdf  343.6 kB
file_3f7w6wku5bagtmilhkgw7y3jvy
repository.publisso.de (web)
web.archive.org (webarchive)
application/pdf  343.6 kB
file_o3vcdrhxl5ccpmyubbf2fvj4ce
bmjopen.bmj.com (web)
web.archive.org (webarchive)
Read Archived PDF
Preserved and Accessible
Type  article-journal
Stage   published
Date   2020-11-19
Language   en ?
Container Metadata
Open Access Publication
In DOAJ
In ISSN ROAD
In Keepers Registry
ISSN-L:  2044-6055
Work Entity
access all versions, variants, and formats of this works (eg, pre-prints)
Catalog Record
Revision: e9eab16d-0066-4c7b-8529-655d3ee9f8c1
API URL: JSON