Abstract
Objectives. To examine whether workplace interventions to increase workplace flexibility and supervisor support and decrease work–family conflict can reduce cardiometabolic risk. Methods. We randomly assigned employees from information technology (n 5 555) and long-term care (n 5 973) industries in the United States to the Work, Family and Health Network intervention or usual practice (we collected the data 2009–2013). We calculated a validated cardiometabolic risk score (CRS) based on resting blood pressure, HbA1c (glycated hemoglobin), HDL (high-density lipoprotein) and total cholesterol, height and weight (body mass index), and tobacco consumption. We compared changes in baseline CRS to 12-month follow-up. Results. There was no significant main effect on CRS associated with the intervention in either industry. However, significant interaction effects revealed that the intervention improved CRS at the 12-month follow-up among intervention participants in both industries with a higher baseline CRS. Age also moderated intervention effects: older employees had significantly larger reductions in CRS at 12 months than did younger employees. Conclusions. The intervention benefited employee health by reducing CRS equivalent to 5 to 10 years of age-related changes for those with a higher baseline CRS and for older employees.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1322-1331 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | American journal of public health |
| Volume | 113 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| State | Published - Dec 2023 |
Funding
This research was conducted as part of the Work, Family and Health Network (https:// workfamilyhealthnetwork.org), which is funded by a cooperative agreement through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (grants U01HD051217, U01HD051218, U01HD051256, U01HD051276), National Institute on Aging (grant U01AG027669), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (grants U01OH008788, U01HD059773), and the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (grant R01-HL107240). Grants from the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts, McKnight Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Administration for Children and Families provided additional funding. Note. The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of any of these institutions or offices. Outside this work, O.M. Buxton discloses that he received subcontract grants to Pennsylvania State University from Proactive Life (formerly Mobile Sleep Technologies), doing business as SleepSpace (National Science Foundation grant 1622766 and NIH/National Institute on Aging Small Business Innovation Research Program grants R43AG056250, R44 AG056250), received honoraria and travel support for lectures from Boston University, Boston College, Tufts School of Dental Medicine, New York University, University of Miami, University of South Florida, University of Utah, University of Arizona, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Eric H. Angle Society of Orthodontists, and Allstate, and consulting fees for SleepNumber. He receives an honorarium for his role as the editor-in-chief of the journal Sleep Health. This research was conducted as part of the Work, Family and Health Network (https://workfamilyhealthnetwork.org), which is funded by a cooperative agreement through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (grants U01HD051217, U01HD051218, U01HD051256, U01HD051276), National Institute on Aging (grant U01AG027669), Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (grants U01OH008788, U01HD059773), and the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (grant R01-HL107240). Grants from the University of Minnesota’s College of Liberal Arts, McKnight Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Administration for Children and Families provided additional funding.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health