Using Tailored Emails to Motivate Healthy Behavior Among Employees
NCT ID: NCT00147927
Last Updated: 2007-08-01
Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
2000 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2003-12-31
2005-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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* To demonstrate the feasibility and assess the acceptability of email health promotion among diverse employee groups;
* To evaluate short and intermediate-term changes in health behaviors (e.g., daily fruit/vegetable intake, weekly physical activity) at 6 and 12 months;
* To assess change in health status (SF-12), work productivity, and healthcare costs among email program users and controls;
* To identify person predictors of sustained voluntary participation in a 6 month email health promotion program among the workforce population;
* To disseminate the results to maximize influence on e-health promotion, employer health promotion programs, health insurance policy, and research.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Interventions
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Sequential emails and web support
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Access to desktop computer
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
OTHER
Principal Investigators
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Patricia D Franklin, MD MPH MBA
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
References
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Pelletier KR. A review and analysis of the clinical- and cost-effectiveness studies of comprehensive health promotion and disease management programs at the worksite: 1998-2000 update. Am J Health Promot. 2001 Nov-Dec;16(2):107-16. doi: 10.4278/0890-1171-16.2.107.
Aldana SG, Merrill RM, Price K, Hardy A, Hager R. Financial impact of a comprehensive multisite workplace health promotion program. Prev Med. 2005 Feb;40(2):131-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.05.008.
Glasgow RE, McCaul KD, Fisher KJ. Participation in worksite health promotion: a critique of the literature and recommendations for future practice. Health Educ Q. 1993 Fall;20(3):391-408. doi: 10.1177/109019819302000309.
Lewis RJ, Huebner WW, Yarborough CM 3rd. Characteristics of participants and nonparticipants in worksite health promotion. Am J Health Promot. 1996 Nov-Dec;11(2):99-106. doi: 10.4278/0890-1171-11.2.99.
Grosch JW, Alterman T, Petersen MR, Murphy LR. Worksite health promotion programs in the U.S.: factors associated with availability and participation. Am J Health Promot. 1998 Sep-Oct;13(1):36-45. doi: 10.4278/0890-1171-13.1.36.
Crump CE, Earp JA, Kozma CM, Hertz-Picciotto I. Effect of organization-level variables on differential employee participation in 10 federal worksite health promotion programs. Health Educ Q. 1996 May;23(2):204-23. doi: 10.1177/109019819602300206.
Abrams DB, Boutwell WB, Grizzle J, Heimendinger J, Sorensen G, Varnes J. Cancer control at the workplace: the Working Well Trial. Prev Med. 1994 Jan;23(1):15-27. doi: 10.1006/pmed.1994.1003.
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Other Identifiers
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49924
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id