The Impact of Employee Wellness Programs

NCT ID: NCT03167658

Last Updated: 2021-09-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 48664 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2021-06-30

Brief 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.

Conditions

Health Behavior; Disease, Chronic

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Treatment

Employees at treatment worksites will be given access to workplace wellness programming. Participation by employees will be voluntary, but all employees at treatment sites will be considered as part of the treatment group. Employees will also be invited to complete on-site biometric assessments and questionnaires. Data from secondary data sources (including employment records and health insurance claims) will be collected for employees at all BJ's worksites.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Workplace wellness program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

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

Primary Control

Employees at primary control worksites will be invited to complete on-site biometric assessments and questionnaires, but will not have access to the workplace wellness programming. Data from secondary data sources (including employment records and health insurance claims) will be collected for employees at all BJ's worksites.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Secondary Control

Employees at secondary control worksites will not participate in in-person screenings or questionnaires, and will not have access to workplace wellness programming. Data from secondary data sources (including employment records and health insurance claims) will be collected for employees at all BJ's worksites.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Workplace wellness program

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

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Chicago

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Zirui Song

Assistant Professor of Health Care Policy and Medicine

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Zirui Song, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

References

Song Z, Baicker K. Effect of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health and Economic Outcomes: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2019 Apr 16;321(15):1491-1501. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.3307.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 30990549 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

Document Type: Study Protocol and Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

R01AG050329

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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P30AG012810

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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72611

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

AEARCTR-0000586

Identifier Type: REGISTRY

Identifier Source: secondary_id

Wellness 14-3141

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id