OBJECTIVES: To determine the effectiveness of visual cues/prompts to promote On-the-job physical activities. DESIGN: Cross-over experimental design, using On-the-Job Physical Activity Questionnaire. SETTING: A four-storey building of a government corporation. PATIENTS: Responses of 289 randomly selected government employees who hold office in the fourth floor were deemed evaluable out of 561 (52 percent, response rate). INTERVENTIONS: The control and experimental groups baseline on-the-job physical activity were measured and compared to their post-intervention physical activity. For Phase 1, after a one-week waiting period, a "walk" sign and a "stair" sign visual prompt were placed in the corridors and elevator entrances of the employees in their building for two weeks for the intervention group whereas the control had none. A one-week wash-out period was made. Then, phase 2 commenced with the visual prompts now placed in the building of the previous control group, and the previous experimental group now had no prompts (the cross-over). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Comparison of the baseline physical activity with the post-interventional activity using the Chi-square goodness of Fit Test. RESULTS: The post-intervention group showed improved walking and use of stairs in their time on-the-job spent. CONCLUSION: Visual prompts promote the use of walking and climbing stairs among government workers in their office in a corporate setting.
WALKING, ; WORKPLACE ; EXERCISE

DESIGN: Descriptive-cross-sectional with correlational analysis using ANOVA. SETTING: Outpatient Department (OPD) of Santo Tomas University Hospital (STUH) Clinical Division. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred one out of 105 patients 60 years old and above consulting at the OPD using total enumeration by using computed sample size with the Epi Info 6 Program. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Demographic and Medical Profile of respondents, results of the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) for cognitive dysfunction, and Daily Activities and Social Independence Test (DAST) for functional dependence and correlation between MMSE and DAST and test of association between the two and the demographic profile by ANOVA. RESULTS: A total of 47 out of 101 (46.5 percent) scored 23 and below suggesting possible dementia. With scores adjusted to educational attainment, the prevalence of dementia was estimated to be 21.7 percent. The MMSE score had a strong indirect correlation with the total score of Daily Activities and Social Independence test (4=0.79, p0.05). These scores were likewise correlated with the educational attainment and age but no associations noted with regards to sex and civil status. CONCLUSIONS: The Occurrence of dementia was noted as age advanced, and was inversely related to the level of educational attainment. There is also an expected impairment among those who scored positive for dementia screening.
Human ; Aged 80 and over ; Aged ; Middle Aged ; DEMENTIA ; ELDERLY ; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES