Trial reportJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2015
Return on Investment of a Work-Family Intervention: Evidence From the Work, Family, and Health Network.
Trial report in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness and economic impact of interventions targeting healthcare personnel: a systematic review of return on investment.Public health reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Sustaining sleep: Results from the randomized controlled work, family, and health study.Journal of occupational health psychology · 2019Trial
- Effects of a Flexibility/Support Intervention on Work Performance: Evidence From the Work, Family, and Health Network.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2018Trial
- Cost and Return on Investment of a Work-Family Intervention in the Extended Care Industry: Evidence From the Work, Family, and Health Network.Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2017Trial
- A Scoping Review of Economic Evaluations of Workplace Wellness Programs.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo estimate the return on investment (ROI) of a workplace initiative to reduce work-family conflict in a group-randomized 18-month field experiment in an information technology firm in the United States.
methodsIntervention resources were micro-costed; benefits included medical costs, productivity (presenteeism), and turnover. Regression models were used to estimate the ROI, and cluster-robust bootstrap was used to calculate its confidence interval.
resultsFor each participant, model-adjusted costs of the intervention were $690 and company savings were $1850 (2011 prices). The ROI was 1.68 (95% confidence interval, -8.85 to 9.47) and was robust in sensitivity analyses.
conclusionThe positive ROI indicates that employers' investment in an intervention to reduce work-family conflict can enhance their business. Although this was the first study to present a confidence interval for the ROI, results are comparable with the literature.
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