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Meta-Analysis of Workplace Physical Activity Interventions

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Conn, Vicki S., Hafdahl, Adam R., Cooper, Pamela S., Brown, Lori M., Lusk, Sally L.·2009·American Journal of Preventive Medicine

DOI 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.06.008PMC PMC2758638

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Context Most adults do not achieve adequate physical activity levels. Despite the potential benefits of worksite health promotion, no previous comprehensive meta-analysis has summarized health and physical activity behavior outcomes from such programs. This comprehensive meta-analysis integrated the extant wide range of worksite physical activity intervention research.Evidence acquisition Extensive searching located published and unpublished intervention studies reported from 1969 through 2007. Results were coded from primary studies. Random-effects meta-analytic procedures, including moderator analyses, were completed in 2008.Evidence synthesis Effects on most variables were substantially heterogeneous because diverse studies were included. Standardized mean difference (d) effect sizes were synthesized across approximately 38,231 subjects. Significantly positive effects were observed for physical activity behavior (0.21); fitness (0.57); lipids (0.13); anthropometric measures (0.08); work attendance (0.19); and job stress (0.33). The significant effect size for diabetes risk (0.98) is less robust given small sample sizes. The mean effect size for fitness corresponds to a difference between treatment minus control subjects' means on VO2max of 3.5 mL/kg/min; for lipids, -0.2 on the ratio of total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein; and for diabetes risk, -12.6 mg/dL on fasting glucose.Conclusions These findings document that some workplace physical activity interventions can improve both health and important worksite outcomes. Effects were variable for most outcomes, reflecting the diversity of primary studies. Future primary research should compare interventions to confirm causal relationships and further explore heterogeneity.

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Authors: Conn, V. S., Hafdahl, A. R., Cooper, P. S., Brown, L. M., & Lusk, S. L.
Affiliations: University of Missouri (US)
Washington University in St. Louis (US)
University of Michigan (US)
Corresponding author: Conn, Vicki S.
ORCID: Conn, Vicki S.
Hafdahl, Adam R.
Venue: American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2009-10
Volume: 37
Issue: 4
Pages: 330-339
ISSN: 0749-3797 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.06.008
PMC: PMC2758638
OpenAlex: W1984831078
Cited by: 741
References: 148
Citations by year: 2026: 18 · 2025: 22 · 2024: 26 · 2023: 28 · 2022: 28 · 2021: 31 · 2020: 106 · 2019: 53 · 2018: 62 · 2017: 48 · 2016: 59 · 2015: 52 · 2014: 60 · 2013: 55 · 2012: 41
FWCI: 3.29
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: American Journal of Preventive Medicine (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Institute of Nursing Research (R01NR009656)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Workplace Health and Well-being
Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
Keywords: workplace physical activity interventions, workplace health promotion, physical activity behavior, cardiorespiratory fitness, VO2max, serum lipids, TC/HDL-C ratio, anthropometric measures, employee attendance, occupational stress, diabetes risk, fasting blood glucose, intervention heterogeneity
MeSH terms: Health Status, Humans, Job Satisfaction, Leisure Activities, Motor Activity, Physical Fitness, Quality of Life, Program Evaluation, Health Behavior, Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic, Occupational Health, Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Workplace

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