Shaping well-being and healthy habits at work through tailored physical activity among remote and hybrid employees: study protocol for RCT.

Abstract

This study aims to create a comprehensive model for shaping well-being and healthy habits at work through tailored training in physical activity among remote or hybrid workers. This is a three-arm randomised controlled trial designed to assess the effects of tailored and general physical activity interventions compared with a no-intervention control group. It is assumed that both types of physical activity (general and tailored) might reduce musculoskeletal problems and presenteeism and improve well-being in a short time. However, a tailored type of training, prepared to reduce pain in specific muscles associated with long-term sedentary work, along with a detailed explanation of how exercises influence the muscles, will allow the development of healthy work habits and decrease negative symptoms in a long-term period. Therefore, short-term effects on well-being, presenteeism and musculoskeletal problems will be tested immediately after training and long-term ones-3 months after the end of the training. Well-being at work, presenteeism, work habits and workstations will be measured using research questionnaires. The level of musculoskeletal complaints will also be assessed using a standardised questionnaire specifying the location and the level of pain caused by the ailments. In addition, objective assessment tools will be used-electromyography (measuring the level of fatigue of specific muscles) and myotonometry (determining the level of muscle stiffness). The study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (the Rector's Commission on Research Ethics at the Wroclaw University of Economics and Business; Ethical Committee Decision number: 10/2025) and will be conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The findings of this research will be disseminated in the original article. ACTRN12624001311549.