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Evaluation of a Worksite Wellness Program: Impact on Exercise, Weight, Smoking, and Stress
Author(s) -
Blank Sherman Jacqueline,
Clark Lauren,
McEwen Marylyn M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1989.tb00583.x
Subject(s) - weight control , medicine , physical therapy , gerontology , stress reduction , stress (linguistics) , descriptive statistics , psychology , obesity , statistics , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics
This study evaluated the effects of a wellness program at the workplace in relation to its impact on exercise, weight, smoking, and stress of the employee participants. A quasi‐experimental design was selected in which data were collected at three specific intervals: before and immediately after program completion, and three months after program completion. The sample consisted of experimental and control groups. Persons (n = 59) who did participate in the wellness program made up the experimental group, and those (n = 49) who did not participate in the wellness program served as controls. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the data. No significant differences were noted between participants and nonparticipants in the areas of exercise, weight, smoking, and stress between the initial evaluation and after completing the wellness program. The areas of stress reduction and increased exercise were emphasized more in the participants than the nonparticipants, however.