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NCT Number: NCT00147927

Using Tailored Emails to Motivate Healthy Behavior Among Employees

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Health Behavior Behavior

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adult employee of participating worksite
  • Access to desktop computer

Exclusion criteria

  • Under 18 years of age

Treatment and study plan

Sequential emails and web support

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Physical Activity

  2. Fruit and Vegetable intake

Secondary outcomes

  1. Antecedents to behavior change

  2. Health status

  3. Work productivity

  4. Costs

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Using Tailored Emails to Motivate Healthy Behavior, Improve Health Status, & Reduce Health Care Costs in Employee Populations: A Randomized Trial

Important dates

Study start
2003
Study completion
2005
First posted
Sep 7, 2005
Registry last updated
Aug 1, 2007

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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