Trial reportAmerican journal of public health2011
Comparison of two health-promotion programs for older workers.
Trial report in American journal of public health, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Workplace Interventions to Reduce Occupational Stress for Older Workers: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- The Long-Term Effectiveness of Internet-Based Interventions on Multiple Health Risk Behaviors: Systematic Review and Robust Variance Estimation Meta-analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
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- Strategies to improve the implementation of workplace-based policies or practices targeting tobacco, alcohol, diet, physical activity and obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Systematic review of control groups in nutrition education intervention research.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Pooled it
- Workplace health promotion for older workers: a systematic literature review.BMC health services research · 2016Pooled it
- Web-Based Interventions Targeting Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Middle-Aged and Older People: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Pooled it
- Transtheoretical model stages of change for dietary and physical exercise modification in weight loss management for overweight and obese adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
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- Prevention Needs and Target Behavior Preferences in an App-Based Addiction Prevention Program for German Vocational School Students: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Trial
- Motivation Predicts Change in Nurses' Physical Activity Levels During a Web-Based Worksite Intervention: Results From a Randomized Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Trial
- Physical activity and relaxation in the work setting to reduce the need for recovery: what works for whom?BMC public health · 2016Trial
- A Web-based health promotion program for older workers: randomized controlled trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2015Trial
- A New Agenda for Optimizing Investments in Community Mental Health and Reducing Disparities.The American journal of psychiatry · 2022Review
- Study design and baseline characteristics of a combined educational and environmental intervention trial to lower sodium intake in Swiss employees.BMC public health · 2018Article
- Web-based interventions for the management of stress in the workplace: Focus, form, and efficacy.Journal of occupational health · 2017Review
- Promoting physical activity and health literacy: study protocol for a longitudinal, mixed methods evaluation of a cross-provider workplace-related intervention in Germany (The AtRisk study).BMC public health · 2016Article
- Outcomes of Occupational Self-Efficacy in Older Workers.International journal of aging & human development · 2015Article
- Prediction of mortality using on-line, self-reported health data: empirical test of the RealAge score.PloS one · 2014Article
- Prevalence of Hypertension among Working Adults in Rwanda.Iranian journal of public health · 2013Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the effects of 2 worksite health-promotion interventions (compared with a health-education control) on older workers' healthy behaviors and health outcomes.
methodsWe conducted a prospective, randomized controlled trial with 423 participants aged 40 years and older. Participants were categorized into 3 study arms: the COACH intervention combined Web-based risk assessments with personal coaching support, the RealAge intervention used a Web-based risk assessment and behavior-specific modules, and a control group received printed health-promotion materials. Participants were assessed at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. Random-effects modeling controlled for baseline stage of change for all behaviors of interest in all groups.
resultsAt 6 and 12 months, COACH participants showed significantly increased fruit and vegetable consumption (P = .026; P < .001) and participation in physical activity (P = .05; P = .013), and at 12 months they showed decreased percentage of energy from fat (P = .027). RealAge participants showed significantly decreased waist circumference at 6 and 12 months (P = .05; P = .018).
conclusionsCOACH participants were twice as likely to use the COACH intervention as RealAge participants were to use the RealAge intervention. COACH participants experienced twice the number of positive outcomes that control participants experienced.
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