Factors associated with high use of a workplace web-based stress management program in a randomized controlled intervention study
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In web-based health promotion programs, large variations in participant engagement are common. The aim was to investigate determinants of high use of a worksite self-help web-based program for stress management. Two versions of the program were offered to randomly selected departments in IT and media companies. A static version of the program including health screening tool, diary and information about stress was offered to the control group. Additional materials, i.e. interactive, cognitive-based and classical stress management exercises and a chat room, were offered to the intervention group. Baseline data regarding participants' demographics, health (self-ratings and biological measures), lifestyle, work-related factors and group membership were analyzed to study determinants of employees' participation in the program during a period of 12 months. Multiple logistic regression analysis was used and found intervention group membership, being a woman, having at most a secondary education, regular physical exercise habits and having positive expectations of the program were significant predictors of high use. The findings demonstrate that the interactivity of a web-based program is an important factor for determining participation in a web-based worksite stress management program. Implications for those developing and implementing future web-based health promotion activities are discussed.
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A study on a web-based stress intervention found no differences among baseline stress levels, implying that those with health issues also participated.
“Similar results were reported in a study on a web-based stress intervention, which found no differences among baseline stress levels, implying that those with health issues also participated [68].”
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- Authors
- Hasson, H., Brown, C., & Hasson, D.
- Affiliations
- Lund University (SE)
- Griffith University (AU)
- Stockholm University (SE)
- Corresponding author
- Hasson, H.
- Venue
- Health Education Research
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2010-02-11
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 596-607
- ISSN
- 0268-1153 (ISSN-L)
- 1465-3648
- OpenAlex
- W2141522503
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 4
- FWCI
- 2.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Health Education Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Lund University Publications (Lund University) (submittedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Keywords
- workplace health promotion, participant engagement, self-help intervention, gender differences, educational attainment, physical activity, program expectations, occupational stress
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Age Factors, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Life Style, Male, Middle Aged, Sex Factors, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, Workplace, Internet
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