From: Determinants of participation in worksite health promotion programmes: a systematic review
Study | Study design | Study population | Worksite health promotion programme | Participation level | Determinants of participation | OR [95%CI] |
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Lechner 1997 [23] | cohort | Stratified sample of participants and non-participants from 3 companies (police force, chemical industry and banking) (n = 900, 98% response) | Fitness programme with supervised fitness exercises twice a week for 1 hour. | 53% of stratified sample (n = 415) | male gender age (yrs, mean) # sick days (days, mean) | 0.77 [0.53–1 .12] Δ = -1.1 yrs; d = -0.14 Δ = -1.93 days |
Lewis 1996 [12] | cohort | Employees of a petrochemical R&D company | Fitness centre | fitness centre: 10% (n = 151) | male gender age, 31–50 age, 50+ higher education white ethnicity low fitness risk low obesity risk | 0.53 [0.38–0.75]* 0.53 [0.35–0.79]* 0.43 [0.25–0.75]* 0.88 [0.56–1.37] 0.82 [0.54–1.23] 2.53 [1.52–4.21]* 1.67 [1.05–2.66]* |
Heaney 1995 [26] | cohort | newly hired insurance company employees (n = 294) | Membership of a company's fitness centre within first year of employment. | 19% (n = 55) | male gender age, 31–40 age, > 40 education some college education college graduate white ethnicity married pay grade 7–13 pay grade above 14 normal SBP normal DBP < 20% overweight 11–20% overweight 1–2×/wk physical activity > 2×/wk physical activity non smoker | 2.04* 1.71 0.90 0.85 2.29* 0.66 0.90 4.29* 7.08* 0.86 1.75 1.06 1.05 0.85 1.04 1.37 |
Steinhardt 1992 [27] | cohort | Employees of an oil company (n = 2000) (76% of the participants (n = 400) and 88% of a random sample of non-participants (n = 246) completed the questionnaire) | Membership of a company's fitness centre within the first 6 months of existence | 26% (n = 526) | within questionnaire respondents: male gender age, 30–49 age, 50+ | 0.89 [0.64–1.05] 0.66 [0.45–0.97]* 0.32 [0.18–0.56]* |
Lynch 1990 [24] | cohort | Employees of an insurance company (n = 8069) | Membership of a company's fitness centre, within the first 2 yrs of existence. | 28% (n = 2232) | male gender age men (yrs, mean) age women (yrs, mean) sick leave men (days, mean) sick leave women (days, mean) | 1.62 [1.47–1.79]* Δ = -1.0 yrs* Δ = -5.3 yrs* Δ = -0.63 days* Δ = -0.93 days* |
Shephard 1980 [25] | cross-sectional | Employees of a foods corporation (n = 2400) (76% of the participants (n = 409 and 44% of a random sample of non-participants (n = 374) completed the questionnaire) | Physical assessment and membership of the company's health fitness centre. | 22% (n = 535) | male gender age, 30–49 age, 50+ activity past 3 months (mean), m activity past 3 months (mean), f health rating (mean) m health rating (mean) f | 1.07 [0.89–1.30] 1.72 [1.37–2.17]* 1.14 [0.85–1.52] Δ = 0.16 Δ = 0.23 Δ = 0.12 Δ = 0.3* |