Health behaviors and work-related outcomes among school employees.
OBJECTIVE
To determine the association between selected health behaviors and work-related outcomes among 2398 school-based employees who voluntarily enrolled in a worksite wellness program.


METHODS
This study presents participants' baseline data collected from a personal health assessment used by Well-Steps, a third-party wellness company.


RESULTS
Employees with high levels of exercise, fruit/vegetable consumption, or restful sleep exhibited higher job-performance and job-satisfaction, and lower absenteeism (p < .05). When all 3 behaviors occurred simultaneously, there was higher job-performance (Prevalence Ratio=1.09; 95% CI=1.05-1.13), job-satisfaction (Prevalence Ratio=1.53; 95% CI=1.30-1.80), and lower absenteeism (Prevalence Ratio=1.16; 95% CI=1.08-1.325). Further, number of co-occurring health behaviors influenced other satisfaction and emotional health outcomes.


CONCLUSIONS
Selected healthy behaviors, individually or co-occurring, are associated with health outcomes potentially important at the worksite.
Brigham Young University, Department of Exercise Sciences, Provo, UT, USA. lecheminant@byu.edu.
James D
JD
LeCheminant
Brigham Young University, Department of Health Science, Provo, UT, USA.
Ray M
RM
Merrill
Brigham Young University, Department of Exercise Sciences, Provo, UT, USA.
Travis
T
Masterson
D000041:Absenteeism; D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012574:Schools; D012890:Sleep; D017132:Workplace