Trial reportAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP2021
The Workplace Support for Health Scale: Reliability and Validity of a Brief Scale to Measure Employee Perceptions of Wellness.
Trial report in American journal of health promotion : AJHP, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Workplace stress, support and stress management strategies for healthier lifestyles among healthcare workers in Ethiopia.PloS one · 2026Article
- Association of workplace support for health with occupational health literacy and illness avoidance: moderated mediation by functioning through a salutogenic lens.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Continuous work-related sitting time and its association with perceived workplace support for health among workers in the Greater Accra Municipality: a cross-sectional analysis with sensitivity analyses.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association of information technology ability, workplace social engagement, and successful ageing: validation of a short measure with three African samples.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Sense of coherence promotion and occupational and family stress mitigation may improve heart health behaviors in middle-aged working women: a structural equation modelling approach.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
purposeTo examine the reliability and validity of a brief measure (the Workplace Support for Health [WSH] scale) to assess employees' perceived support for a healthy lifestyle.
designRepeated cross-sectional surveys.
settingWe collected employer- and employee-level survey data from small, low-wage workplaces in King County, WA enrolled in a randomized controlled trial. SAMPLE: We analyzed data from 68 workplaces that had 2,820 and 2,640 employees complete surveys at baseline and 15 months, respectively. MEASURES: The WSH scale consisted of five items. To assess validity, we examined associations between the WSH scale and employer implementation of evidence-based interventions for health promotion, employee self-rated health, and job satisfaction. ANALYSIS: We performed an exploratory factor analysis to assess the unidimensionality of the WSH scale items, and produced Cronbach's alpha coefficients to examine scale reliability. We ran regression models using generalized estimating equations to examine validity.
resultsThe factor analysis indicated one factor, which accounted for 59% of the total variance in the workplace support for health items. The scale had good reliability at baseline (α = 0.82) and 15 months (α = 0.83). Employer evidence-based intervention implementation was positively associated with WSH. WSH was also associated with higher self-rated health and job satisfaction. These associations indicate good concurrent validity.
conclusionThe WSH scale is a reliable and valid measure of perceived workplace support for health. Employers can use the scale to identify gaps in support and create a plan for improvement.
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