Meta-analysis of the effects of health promotion intervention in the workplace on depression and anxiety symptoms

Martin, Angela; Sanderson, Kristy; Cocker, Fiona

doi:10.5271/sjweh.1295

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“…In line with the association between well-being and employer outcomes, studies have found that overall well-being and its subdomains can be improved through individual interventions that target these elements of well-being, [30][31][32][33] and well-being-related interventions have been linked directly to improved employer outcomes such as health care cost and utilization, [34][35][36] disability leave, 37,38 absenteeism, 31,39 and presenteeism, 40 as well as employee turnover intentions. 41,42 Although it has been established that well-being improvement is attainable through individual intervention, no study to date has examined the connection between overall wellbeing change and outcomes change.…”

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Overall Well-Being as a Predictor of Health Care, Productivity, and Retention Outcomes in a Large Employer

Sears

Shi

Coberley

et al. 2013

Population Health Management

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Employers struggle with the high cost of health care, lost productivity, and turnover in their workforce. The present study aims to understand the association between overall well-being and these employer outcomes. In a sample of 11,700 employees who took the Well-being Assessment, the authors used multivariate linear and logistic regression to investigate overall well-being as a predictor of health care outcomes (total health care expenditure, emergency room visits, hospitalizations), productivity outcomes (unscheduled absence, short-term disability leave, presenteeism, job performance ratings), and retention outcomes (intention to stay, voluntary turnover, involuntary turnover). Testing this hypothesis both cross-sectionally and longitudinally, the authors investigated the association between baseline well-being and these outcomes in the following year, and the relationship between change in overall well-being and change in these outcomes over 1 year. The results demonstrated that baseline overall well-being was a significant predictor of all outcomes in the following year when holding baseline employee characteristics constant. Change in overall well-being over 1 year also was significantly associated with the change in employer outcomes, with the exception that the relationship to change in manager-rated job performance was marginally significant. The relationships between overall wellbeing and outcomes suggest that implementing a well-being improvement solution could have a significant bottom and top line impact on business performance. (Population Health Management 2013;16:397-405)

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Overall Well-Being as a Predictor of Health Care, Productivity, and Retention Outcomes in a Large Employer

Sears

Shi

Coberley

et al. 2013

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“…Van der Klink and colleagues (27) observed the strongest effects for anxiety symptoms and the weakest for depressive symptoms. Similarly, Martin and colleagues (25) found that different types of interventions had a positive but small effect on depressive symptoms, which leaves room for improvement in terms of the design of effective treatments to reduce depression in a workplace setting.…”

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“…In contrast to internet-based interventions, traditional in-person stress management interventions have much stronger evidence, as demonstrated in several reviews and meta-analyses (25)(26)(27). When designing internet interventions for employees, some challenges and findings from this field should be considered.…”

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Efficacy of an internet-based problem-solving training for teachers: results of a randomized controlled trial

Ebert¹,

Lehr²,

Boß³

et al. 2014

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Objective The primary purpose of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) was to evaluate the efficacy of internet-based problem-solving training (iPST) for employees in the educational sector (teachers) with depressive symptoms. The results of training were compared to those of a waitlist control group (WLC).Methods One-hundred and fifty teachers with elevated depressive symptoms (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, CES-D ≥16) were assigned to either the iPST or WLC group. The iPST consisted of five lessons, including problem-solving and rumination techniques. Symptoms were assessed before the intervention began and in follow-up assessments after seven weeks, three months, and six months. The primary outcome was depressive symptom severity (CES-D). Secondary outcomes included general and work-specific self-efficacy, perceived stress, pathological worries, burnout symptoms, general physical and mental health, and absenteeism.Results iPST participants displayed a significantly greater reduction in depressive symptoms after the intervention (d=0.59, 95% CI 0.26-0.92), after three months (d=0.37, 95% CI 0.05-0.70) and after six months (d=0.38, 95% CI 0.05-0.70) compared to the control group. The iPST participants also displayed significantly higher improvements in secondary outcomes. However, workplace absenteeism was not significantly affected.Conclusion iPST is effective in reducing symptoms of depression among teachers. Disseminated on a large scale, iPST could contribute to reducing the burden of stress-related mental health problems among teachers. Future studies should evaluate iPST approaches for use in other working populations.

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“…type of intervention, intervention content and outcome categories [4,5]. In a systematic review Martin et al [6] found overall small positive effects in pooled data of 17 studies, investigating whether different types of health promotion interventions in the workplace reduce depression (standardized mean difference [SMD]=0.28, 95% CI 0.12 to 0.44) and anxiety (SMD=0.29, 95% CI 0.06 to 0.51). A systematic review and meta-analysis from 2014 identified 9 workplace-based randomized controlled trials (RCTs) aimed at reducing the level of depression symptoms, pooled effect size estimates from a random effects model showed the interventions to be superior to the control groups by a small positive effect (SMD=0.16, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.24) [7,8].…”

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Severely Burdened Individuals Do Not Need to Be Excluded From Internet-Based and Mobile-Based Stress Management: Effect Modifiers of Treatment Outcomes From Three Randomized Controlled Trials (Preprint)

Weisel¹,

Lehr²,

Heber³

et al. 2017

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Meta-analysis of the effects of health promotion intervention in the workplace on depression and anxiety symptoms

Cited by 207 publications

References 68 publications

Overall Well-Being as a Predictor of Health Care, Productivity, and Retention Outcomes in a Large Employer

Overall Well-Being as a Predictor of Health Care, Productivity, and Retention Outcomes in a Large Employer

Efficacy of an internet-based problem-solving training for teachers: results of a randomized controlled trial

Severely Burdened Individuals Do Not Need to Be Excluded From Internet-Based and Mobile-Based Stress Management: Effect Modifiers of Treatment Outcomes From Three Randomized Controlled Trials (Preprint)

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