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Table 2 Participation levels and determinants of participation in worksite health promotion programmes offering access to a fitness programme

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]

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*