title: Reductions in employee productivity impairment observed after implementation of web-based worksite health promotion programs.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess changes in employee productivity impairment observed after the implementation of several Web-based health promotion programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  Health risk assessments and self-report measures of productivity impairment were administered on-line to more than 43,000 participants of Web-based health promotion programs.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Reductions in productivity impairment were observed after 1 month of program utilization. Productivity impairment at 90- and 180-day follow-ups also decreased relative to baseline. Improvements in employee health were associated with reductions in employee productivity impairment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of Web-based health promotion programs was associated with reductions in productivity impairment and improvements in employee health. After the implementation of Web-based health promotion programs, reductions in productivity impairment may be observed before reductions in direct health care costs.
authors.affiliation: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York 14642, USA. jordan_silberman@urmc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: Jordan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Silberman
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Danielle L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Giuseffi
authors.forename: Chun
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nevedal
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bedrosian
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health / Q000208:ethnology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010146:Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D017132:Workplace / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult