Interventions to Increase Workplace Wellness

NCT02535754 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: H10-01079
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 682
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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).

Conditions

Health Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in number of fruit and vegetable servings per day

  Self-reported number of fruit and vegetable servings at baseline and 16 months

  16 months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Absenteeism (days)

  16 months

• Change in body weight (lbs)

  16 months

• Physical activity efficacy (minutes)

  16 months

• Participant perspectives on the program (theme)

  16 months

Study Arms (3)

ALIVE

EXPERIMENTAL

Email program N=170

Behavioral: ALIVE

CCS BCY

EXPERIMENTAL

Comprehensive program N=285

Behavioral: CCS BCY

ALIVE + CCS BCY

EXPERIMENTAL

Email + comprehensive program N=225

Behavioral: ALIVE + CCS BCY

Interventions

ALIVE BEHAVIORAL

The company assigned to this condition offered employees participation in the ALIVE program. This program was validated in a previous worksite-based randomized controlled trial (RCT). A baseline assessment includes questions asking about: presence of children at home, habits related to cooking and eating out, physical activity preferences, stage of readiness of change, and perceived barriers to achieving heath behavior goals. This information provides the basis for immediate feedback and individually-tailored messages that include goal-setting and tips to achieve these goals, interactive features, and health information. Biweekly messages are sent for a total of 48 weeks. Outcome data were based on all individuals who completed the baseline assessment.

ALIVE

CCS BCY BEHAVIORAL

The company assigned to this condition participated in a comprehensive year-long workplace wellness program intervention focusing on nutrition, weight control, and physical activity, led by the CCS BCY. The program was modeled after a previous successful CCS BCY tobacco control worksite program. This program stresses the importance of developing social and environmental supports at the worksite to promote behavior change . Such supports could include food availability (e.g., cafeteria and vending machine selections), the built environment (e.g., availability of bike racks); social environment (e.g., group lunchtime walking clubs), and health communications (e.g., company newsletters). Outcome data were based on all individuals who completed the baseline assessment.

CCS BCY

ALIVE + CCS BCY BEHAVIORAL

The company assigned to this condition received both the ALIVE and CCS BCY programs. Employees were encouraged to take part in both ALIVE and company initiatives, but participation in these activities was based on individual preference. Outcome data were based on all individuals who completed the baseline assessment.

ALIVE + CCS BCY

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of British Columbia: lead
• Canadian Cancer Society (CCS): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1Z3, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Health Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior

Study Officials

• Carolyn C Gotay, PhD

  University of British Columbia

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 24, 2015
• First Posted: August 31, 2015
• Study Start: April 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2013
• Study Completion: March 1, 2014
• Last Updated: August 31, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-08

Locations

CA (1)