title: Effectiveness of a combined social and physical environmental intervention on presenteeism, absenteeism, work performance, and work engagement in office employees.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effectiveness of a combined social and physical environmental intervention as well as the effectiveness of both separate interventions.
  
  
  METHODS
  In a 2 × 2 factorial design, 412 office employees were allocated to the combined social and physical environmental intervention, to the social environmental intervention only, to the physical environmental intervention only, or were part of the control group. Data on presenteeism, absenteeism, work performance, and work engagement were obtained with questionnaires at baseline, 6, and 12 months. Multilevel analyses were performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The combined intervention showed a decrease in contextual performance and dedication. The social environmental intervention showed an improvement in task performance. The physical environmental intervention revealed an improvement in absorption.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although the study showed some promising results, it is not recommended to implement the current interventions.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Public and Occupational Health (Mrs Coffeng and Drs Duijts, van Mechelen, and Boot), EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Body@Work TNO-VUmc (Mr Coffeng and Drs Hendriksen, van Mechelen, and Boot), Research Center Physical Activity, Work and Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; TNO (Expert Center Life Style) (Dr Hendriksen), Leiden, the Netherlands; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Dr Twisk), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; and Department of Health Sciences (Dr Twisk), VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jennifer K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Coffeng
authors.forename: Ingrid J M
authors.initials: IJ
authors.lastname: Hendriksen
authors.forename: Saskia F A
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Duijts
authors.forename: Jos W R
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Twisk
authors.forename: Willem
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: van Mechelen
authors.forename: Cécile R L
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Boot
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D003132:Commerce; D004650:Employee Performance Appraisal; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D062405:Motivational Interviewing; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014937:Work / Q000523:psychology*; D017132:Workplace