Workplace wellness programs are an $8-billion industry in the U.S. But no one has been sure they work.
Workplace wellness programs may not be effective in improving worker health or lowering employer medical costs, a recent study found.
Researchers from the University of Chicago and Harvard may have overcome some of these obstacles with one of the first large-scale studies that employs more sophisticated research techniques. It was published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. “But if employers are offering these programs in hopes that health spending and absenteeism will go down, this study should give them pause,” Baicker said.
In the study reported in JAMA, the incentives were modest. Participants got small-dollar gift cards for taking wellness courses on topics such as nutrition, exercise, disease management and stress control. Total potential incentives averaged $250. About 35% of eligible employees at the 20 participating sites completed at least one module.
An accompanying editorial in JAMA noted that “traditional, broad-based programs like the one analyzed by Song and Baicker may lack the necessary intensity, duration, and focus on particular employee segments to generate significant effects over a short time horizon.”
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