Interventions to Increase Workplace Wellness

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Health Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: CCS BCY; Behavioral: ALIVE + CCS BCY; Behavioral: ALIVE

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02535754

H10-01079

Details and patient eligibility

About

Behaviour changes such as improving nutrition, increasing physical activity, and decreasing obesity are linked with lower mortality and morbidity and fewer cancers. Health promotion programs in the workplace are a promising way to reach a large segment of the population. This project evaluated the efficacy of three approaches - all of which were based on previous research and programs with demonstrated positive benefits - on cancer-related outcomes (healthy eating, physical activity, normal body weight) and work-related outcomes (absenteeism, presenteeism).

Full description

The project evaluated the efficacy of three health promotion interventions on cancer- and work-related outcomes. Three worksites in British Columbia were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) an empirically-validated intervention directed at individual behavior change using personally-tailored messages delivered by email (ALIVE) ; (2) a comprehensive approach building on social and institutional support developed by the Canadian Cancer Society British Columbia Yukon and previously used for worksite tobacco control (CCS BCY) and (3) an intervention including both of these approaches (CCS BCY + ALIVE). The primary outcome was change in fruit and vegetable consumption from baseline to 16 months, as an indicator of healthy diet. Change in weight, physical activity, and work productivity were secondary outcomes. The investigators also conducted focus groups to assess participant perspectives on the programs which comprise another secondary outcome.

Enrollment: 682 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Employee of the company
• English speaking with reading level at Flesch-Kincaid 8.5 grade level
• Ability to provide access to individual work email address

Exclusion criteria

• Non-English speaking without reading level at Flesch-Kincaid 8.5 grade level
• Inability to provide access to individual work email address

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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682 participants in 3 patient groups

ALIVE

Experimental group

Description:

Email program N=170

Treatment:

Behavioral: ALIVE

CCS BCY

Experimental group

Description:

Comprehensive program N=285

Treatment:

Behavioral: CCS BCY

ALIVE + CCS BCY

Experimental group

Description:

Email + comprehensive program N=225

Treatment:

Behavioral: ALIVE + CCS BCY