The impact of an employee wellness programme in clothing/textile manufacturing companies: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of health risk behaviours is growing amongst South African employees. Health risk behaviours have been identified as a major contributor to reduced health related quality of life (HRQoL) and the increased prevalence of non-communicable diseases. Worksite wellness programmes promise to promote behaviour changes amongst employees and to improve their HRQoL. The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term effects of an employee wellness programme on HRQoL, health behaviour change, body mass index (BMI) and absenteeism amongst clothing and textile manufacturing employees.

Methods

The study used a randomised control trial design. The sample consisted of 80 subjects from three clothing manufacturing companies in Cape Town, South Africa. The experimen

SUBMITTER: Edries N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3574831 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature