TY - JOUR
T1 - The effectiveness of workplace health promotion programs on self-perceived health of employees with a low socioeconomic position
T2 - An individual participant data meta-analysis
AU - van Heijster, Hanneke
AU - Boot, Cécile R.L.
AU - Robroek, Suzan J.W.
AU - Oude Hengel, Karen
AU - van Berkel, Jantien
AU - de Vet, Emely
AU - Coenen, Pieter
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - The aim of the current study was to evaluate whether workplace health promotion programs improve self-perceived health of employees with a low socioeconomic position (SEP), and whether differential effects exist between individuals with a low SEP for gender, marital status or age. Individual participant data from six Dutch intervention studies aiming at promoting healthy behavior and preventing obesity in the work setting, with a total of 1906 participants, were used. The overall intervention effect and interaction effects for gender, marital status and age were evaluated using two-stage meta-analyses with linear mixed regression models. In the first stage effect sizes of each study were estimated, which were pooled in the second stage. Compared to control conditions, workplace health promotion programs did not show an overall improvement in self-perceived health of employees with a low SEP (β0.03 (95%CI: −0.03 to 0.09)). Effects did not differ across gender, marital status and age. Future research could be focused on the determinants of self-perceived health next to health behavior to improve the health of employees with a low SEP.
AB - The aim of the current study was to evaluate whether workplace health promotion programs improve self-perceived health of employees with a low socioeconomic position (SEP), and whether differential effects exist between individuals with a low SEP for gender, marital status or age. Individual participant data from six Dutch intervention studies aiming at promoting healthy behavior and preventing obesity in the work setting, with a total of 1906 participants, were used. The overall intervention effect and interaction effects for gender, marital status and age were evaluated using two-stage meta-analyses with linear mixed regression models. In the first stage effect sizes of each study were estimated, which were pooled in the second stage. Compared to control conditions, workplace health promotion programs did not show an overall improvement in self-perceived health of employees with a low SEP (β0.03 (95%CI: −0.03 to 0.09)). Effects did not differ across gender, marital status and age. Future research could be focused on the determinants of self-perceived health next to health behavior to improve the health of employees with a low SEP.
KW - Employees
KW - Low socioeconomic position
KW - Self-perceived health
KW - Workplace health promotion
U2 - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100743
DO - 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100743
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100556914
SN - 2352-8273
VL - 13
JO - SSM - Population Health
JF - SSM - Population Health
M1 - 100743
ER -