@article{Tyrrell_Ogan_Englund_Stendell-Hollis_2023, place={Houston, U.S.}, title={Effectiveness of Nutrition Education and Fitness Tracking in a Large Healthcare Wellness Program}, volume={12}, url={https://www.jsr.org/index.php/path/article/view/1822}, DOI={10.47611/jsr.v12i1.1822}, abstractNote={<p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Purpose</span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;">:</span></em></span> <span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">The purpose was to determine the effectiveness of </span></span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; outline: transparent solid 1px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #222222; background: white;">a ten-month multicomponent employee corporate wellness program on two health-related outcomes: weight loss and step count.</span></span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Design:</span></em></span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="auto"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"> Retrospective medical chart review. </span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Setting:</span></em></span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> Wenatchee Valley Hospital</span>/Clinics.</span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Sample:</span></em></span> <span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Healthcare employees (n=1210) were evaluated; 74.2% of the initial population.</span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Intervention:</span></em></span> <span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Employees were assigned to either the Healthy Track (HT) or Body Mass Index (BMI) track based on a Health Risk Visit.</span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Measures:</span></em></span> <span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Employees in the HT had to achieve a certain step count, while those in the BMI track had to lose a certain number of pounds.</span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Analysis:</span></em></span> <span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">A variety of statistical analyses were performed including: c</span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #201f1e;">rosstabulation</span>, Chi-Square test, independent samples tests, Levene’s test, and linear regression. </span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: #201f1e;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Results:</span></em></span> <span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Data showed that employees in the HT who participated in at least one campaign showed a decrease in BMI percentage (p=.000), with greater losses noted in those participating in the nutrition series (p= 0.03). Analysis showed that there was no relationship between the number of steps taken and decrease in BMI percentage for employees in either track (R</span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">2 </span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">=.000).</span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> </span></span></span></p> <p class="paragraph" style="margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; font-kerning: none;"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;"><span class="normaltextrun"><em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Conclusion:</span></em></span> <span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; outline: transparent solid 1px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important;" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none">Corporate wellness programs that offer web-based and in-person support can lead to modest reductions in BMI. This research offers recommendations on how to create a successful corporate wellness program. One noted limitation is that weight was only measured pre- and post-study.</span></span></span><span style="user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;" data-ccp-props="{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:480}"><span class="eop"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> </span></span></span></p>}, number={1}, journal={Journal of Student Research}, author={Tyrrell, Jessica and Ogan, Dana and Englund, Timothy and Stendell-Hollis, Nicole}, year={2023}, month={Feb.} }