Using Tailored Emails to Motivate Healthy Behavior Among Employees

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Behavior

• Registration Number: NCT00147927
• Lead Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the efficacy of a multi-component email health promotion program on employee adoption of health promoting behaviors and secondarily on health status, work productivity and health care costs.

Detailed Description

The Specific Aims are:

* To demonstrate the feasibility and assess the acceptability of email health promotion among diverse employee groups;

* To evaluate short and intermediate-term changes in health behaviors (e.g., daily fruit/vegetable intake, weekly physical activity) at 6 and 12 months;

* To assess change in health status (SF-12), work productivity, and healthcare costs among email program users and controls;

* To identify person predictors of sustained voluntary participation in a 6 month email health promotion program among the workforce population;

* To disseminate the results to maximize influence on e-health promotion, employer health promotion programs, health insurance policy, and research.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2003-12
• Study First Submitted: 2005-09-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-09-02
• Study First Posted: 2005-09-07
• Study Completion: 2005-12
• Status Verified: 2007-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2007-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 2007-08-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2000

Inclusion Criteria

• Adult employee of participating worksite
• Access to desktop computer

Exclusion Criteria

• Under 18 years of age

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical Activity
Fruit and Vegetable intake

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Antecedents to behavior change
Health status
Work productivity
Costs