title: Well-being, health, and productivity improvement after an employee well-being intervention in large retail distribution centers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate changes in well-being, biometric, and productivity indicators after a well-being intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  Biometric and self-reported outcomes were assessed among 677 retail distribution center employees before and after a 6-month well-being intervention.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Despite lower well-being at baseline compared to an independent random sample of workers, program participants' well-being, productivity, body mass index, systolic blood pressure, and total cholesterol improved significantly after the intervention, whereas the decline in diastolic blood pressure was not significant. Moreover, participants' specific transition across well-being segments over the intervention period demonstrated more improvement than decline.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is evidence that programs designed to improve well-being within a workforce can be used to significantly and positively impact employee health and productivity, which should result in reduced health care costs, improved employee productivity, and increased overall profitability.
authors.affiliation: From the Center for Health Research (Mr Rajaratnam, Drs Sears, Coberley, and Pope), Healthways, Inc, Franklin, Tenn, and Department of Family and Preventive Medicine (Dr Shi), University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: Augustine S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rajaratnam
authors.forename: Lindsay E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Sears
authors.forename: Yuyan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Carter R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Coberley
authors.forename: James E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pope
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003132:Commerce; D004526:Efficiency; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol