@article{ref1,
title="The effect of new shower facilities on physical activity behaviors of employees: a quasi-experiment",
journal="Journal of physical activity and health",
year="2017",
author="Nehme, Eileen K. and Perez, Adriana and Ranjit, Nalini and Amick, Benjamin C. and Kohl, Harold W.",
volume="14",
number="2",
pages="98-107",
abstract="BACKGROUND: This quasi-experimental study assessed the effects of new workplace showers on physical activity behaviors in a sample of downtown employees in Austin, TX. <br><br>METHODS: The study design was quasi-experimental with 2 comparison groups. Data were collected via internet-based surveys before and 4 months after shower installation at 1 worksite. Differences across study groups in the ranks of change in past-week minutes of physical activity from baseline to follow-up were assessed. Adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for reporting an increase of >= 0 min past-week physical activity and workday physical activity among those with new showers and existing showers relative to those with no showers were also assessed. <br><br>RESULTS: No significant differences in changes in physical activity from baseline to follow-up across study groups were found. One-quarter of participants with new workplace showers and 46.9% of those with existing workplace showers at baseline reported ever using the showers. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: This prospective study did not find significant changes in employee physical activity 4 months after installation of worksite showers. Worksite shower users were highly active at baseline, suggesting a possible early adopter effect, with potential for diffusion. Future studies may benefit from longer exposure times and larger samples. <br><br>KEYWORDS: Bicycles; Bicyclists; Bicycling<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1543-3080",
doi="10.1123/jpah.2015-0418",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1123/jpah.2015-0418"
}