Initiation of health-behaviour change among employees participating in a web-based health risk assessment with tailored feedback.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Primary prevention programs at the worksite can improve employee health and reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease. Programs that include a web-based health risk assessment (HRA) with tailored feedback hold the advantage of simultaneously increasing awareness of risk and enhancing initiation of health-behaviour change. In this study we evaluated initial health-behaviour change among employees who voluntarily participated in such a HRA program.

Methods

We conducted a questionnaire survey among 2289 employees who voluntarily participated in a HRA program at seven Dutch worksites between 2007 and 2009. The HRA included a web-based questionnaire, biometric measurements, laboratory evaluation, and tailored feedback. The survey questionnaire assessed initial self-r

SUBMITTER: Colkesen EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3065446 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature