  Prolonged sedentary behavior is prevalent among office workers and has been
found to be detrimental to health. Preventing and reducing prolonged sedentary
behavior require interventions, and persuasive technology is expected to make a
contribution in this domain. In this paper, we use the framework of persuasive
system design (PSD) principles to investigate the utilization and effectiveness
of persuasive technology in intervention studies at reducing sedentary behavior
at work. This systematic review reveals that reminders are the most frequently
used PSD principle. The analysis on reminders shows that hourly PC reminders
alone have no significant effect on reducing sedentary behavior at work, while
coupling with education or other informative session seems to be promising.
Details of deployed persuasive technology with behavioral theories and user
experience evaluation are expected to be reported explicitly in the future
intervention studies.
