The Impact of Employee Wellness Programs

Health Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Impact of Employee Wellness Programs

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03167658
• Other study ID #: Wellness 14-3141
• Secondary ID: R01AG050329P30AG
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2015
• Est. completion date: June 2021

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Harvard School of Public Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

There is great public and private interest in the use of workplace wellness programs to reduce health care spending, improve health outcomes, and enhance productivity for employees. However, there is little rigorous evidence on the effects of wellness programs. This study partners with a large multi-state U.S. employer (BJ's Wholesale Club) and an experienced wellness vendor (Wellness Workdays) to evaluate a multi-prong workplace wellness program, including components such as nutrition counseling, fitness challenges, and stress management workshops. The wellness program will be delivered by a team of experts including Registered Dieticians, and will include financial rewards for participation. The program will be available to employees in initially 20 of BJ's 200 worksites, and later expanded to 25 worksites. These worksites have been randomly selected, allowing a randomized controlled trial evaluation of the effects of the wellness program. Data will be collected on a wide array of outcomes from multiple sources, including on-site biometric screenings and surveys, employment records, and health insurance claims for employees at both treatment and control worksites.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 48664
• Est. completion date: June 2021
• Est. primary completion date: October 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Employed in one of BJ's clubs during the period of the intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not employed in one of BJ's clubs during the period of the intervention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Chronic Disease
• Disease, Chronic
• Health Behavior

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Workplace wellness program
Multi-prong workplace wellness program, with components such as nutrition counseling, fitness challenges, and stress management workshops, including supports and incentives.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Harvard School of Public Health	Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, National Institute on Aging (NIA), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, University of Chicago

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Blood pressure	Systolic blood pressure, measured	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Other	Depression	Unmanaged depression, as indicated in responses to survey questions	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Other	Tenure	Duration of employment in days, from employment records	Administrative records from 3 years spanning intervention
Other	Job performance	Numerical performance rating from annual review, from employment records	Administrative records from 3 years spanning intervention
Other	Health care spending (i.e. dollars spent)	Dollars spent on health care and prescription drugs for employees covered by employer-sponsored insurance, decomposed into spending on inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, and prescription drugs, from claims records	Administrative records from 3 years spanning intervention
Other	Health care utilization (i.e. number of doctor visits, hospitalizations, or medications)	Health care encounters and prescription drugs for employees covered by employer-sponsored insurance, decomposed into inpatient, outpatient, emergency department, and prescription drugs, from claims records	Administrative records from 3 years spanning intervention
Other	Nutrition management	Affirmative engagement in active efforts to improve nutrition, as indicated in responses to survey questions	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Other	Stress management	Unmanaged stress and stress at work, as indicated in responses to survey questions	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Other	Screenings and exams	Percent of recommended tests received, as indicated in responses to survey questions	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Other	Tobacco use	Smoking, as indicated in responses to survey questions	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Other	Health and wellbeing	Short form 8 (SF-8) physical and mental summary scores, as indicated in responses to survey questions. Each question of the SF-8 uses a 5- or 6-point Likert scale. Its standardized scoring system combines responses into a score that can be interpreted as a continuous variable (analogous to a 0-100 scale), with higher scores denoting better self-reported health.	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Other	Blood glucose	Blood glucose, measured	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Other	Cholesterol	Total cholesterol and high-density lipoprotein (HDL), measured	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Primary	Physical activity	Regular exercise, number of hours sitting per day, and actively managing weight, as indicated in responses to survey questions	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Primary	Obesity	Body Mass Index>=30, calculated from measured height and weight	Primary data collected at 18 months and 30 months after initiation of intervention
Primary	Absenteeism	Number of sick or personal days as a share of total days employed, from employment records	Administrative records from 3 years spanning intervention
Primary	Health care spending	Dollars spent on health care for employees covered by employer-sponsored insurance, from claims records	Administrative records from 3 years spanning intervention