Wellness programmes in the workplace in India

Banerjee, Paromita; Gavaravarapu, SubbaRao M.

doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(18)30199-3

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“…Health promotion programs adopting lifestyle modifications at the workplace are being implemented in several countries [ 38 ]. Several randomized clinical trials have been conducted to assess the effects of these healthy behaviors at the workplace, some of which reported meeting their primary endpoint, while others did not [ 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 ]. Nevertheless, these trials have raised questions regarding issues related to sustainability, affordability, and cost-effectiveness in terms of public and planetary health [ 38 , 43 ].…”

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Outcomes Assessment of Sustainable and Innovatively Simple Lifestyle Modification at the Workplace-Drinking Electrolyzed-Reduced Water (OASIS-ERW): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

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Oxidative stress has been associated with many diseases as well as aging. Electrolyzed-reduced water (ERW) has been suggested to reduce oxidative stress and improve antioxidant potential. This study investigated the effects of drinking ERW on biomarkers of oxidative stress and health-related indices in healthy adults. We conducted a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial on 65 participants, who were allocated into two groups. Of these, 61 received intervention (32 with ERW and 29 MW [mineral water]). All participants were instructed to drink 1.5 L/day of ERW or MW for eight weeks. Biomarkers of oxidative stress and health-related indices were assessed at baseline as well as after 4 weeks and 8 weeks of intervention. Of the primary outcome variables assessed, diacron-reactive oxygen metabolites (d-ROMs) and biological antioxidant potential showed a significant interaction between the groups and time, with d-ROMs levels significantly decreased at 8 weeks in ERW compared to those in MW. Among the secondary outcome variables, total, visceral, and subcutaneous fat mass significantly changed over time, with a significant association observed between the group and time. Thus, daily ERW consumption may be a potential consideration for a sustainable and innovatively simple lifestyle modification at the workplace to reduce oxidative stress, increase antioxidant potential, and decrease fat mass.

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Outcomes Assessment of Sustainable and Innovatively Simple Lifestyle Modification at the Workplace-Drinking Electrolyzed-Reduced Water (OASIS-ERW): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

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“…Out of these participants, 56 (30.6%) were females. The median (P 25 -P 75 ) age of these employees was 30 (26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34)(35) years. The median (P 25 -P 75 ) height was 168 (160-174) cm, and the median (P 25 -P 75 ) weight was 68 (60-75.5) Kg.…”

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“…This report is part of a larger study that aimed to develop a flexible, multi-component, strategic model of WWP in accordance with the preventive and promotive approach to the healthcare of the National Health Policy (NHP) of India. The NHP aims to promote the lifestyle and nutrition status of employees [26], while worksite (environmental) factors such as the Food and Physical Activity Environment (FPAE) of the workplace, policies and perception of the managers about WWP were evaluated via ground truthing and Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) [27]. This part of this study aimed to assess employees' health and nutritional status, lifestyle practices and biological markers of stress.…”

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Diets, Lifestyles and Metabolic Risk Factors among Corporate Information Technology (IT) Employees in South India

Banerjee,

Reddy,

Panda

et al. 2023

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(1) Information Technology (IT) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), the largest employment sector of India, contributes to rapid economic growth. However, the work of IT employees is sedentary, and the food environments of their worksites expose them to an obesogenic environment. This study aimed to assess their metabolic and lifestyle risk factors. (2) Methods: To examine the health and nutrition status of IT employees, anthropometric, biochemical and clinical assessments were conducted among 183 employees from three IT organizations of varied operational sizes. Their health-, diet- and physical activity-related practices were assessed using a questionnaire. The prevalence of MetS was assessed. Selected biomarker levels were assessed and associated with their self-perceived stress levels. (3) Results: The median age of the employees was 30 years (26–35 years). While 44.02% of employees were overweight, 16.85% of employees were obese. About 3.89% of employees were found to be diabetic, and HDL-C levels were lower than recommended in 64.93% of employees. In all, 29.87% of the study population were considered to have metabolic syndrome since they had metabolic risk scores ≥ 3. Those with metabolic syndrome were significantly older (p = 0.000), and levels of MDA (p = 0.003), homocysteine (p = 0.001), IL-6 (p = 0.017) and IL-4 (p = 0.000) were significantly higher among them. Although the prevalence of MetS was significantly lower among those aged >30 years, the lifestyle risk factors were significantly higher among them. (4) Conclusions: The assessed parameters indicate a high risk of developing NCDs among employees in the IT industry in India. This shows the need for the modification of lifestyle and workplace food and physical activity environments.

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“…The ideal of integrating traditional occupational health and safety with workplace health promotion and personnel development has been promoted for more than a decade by some scientists and political institutions alike, e.g., [48,53]. Concomitantly, arguments that "the workplace offers an ideal setting for health promotion" [54,55] and that "enterprises are an essential element of the national public health system" [53] have been put forward. In that spirit an editorial of The Lancet Public Health concluded in 2018: "The good news is that public health research into workplace-related health has now entered a new era.…”

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“…As to 'positive view on company as a setting for health promotion' we did not detect any statistically significant independent variables. Remarkably, the enthusiasm of many scientists about companies as an ideal setting for health promotion ( [48,[53][54][55], cf. above, Section 1.2) is not generally shared by the respondents of this study: the mean agreement with the concerning attitude ('positive view on company as setting for health promotion') amounts to only 4.72, which may be interpreted as neutral with a slight tendency to the negative pole.…”

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Attitudes of Company Executives toward a Comprehensive Workplace Health Management—Results of an Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study in Germany

Siegel

Hoge

Ehmann

et al. 2021

IJERPH

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Workplace health management (WHM) in Germany aims at maintaining and increasing the health and well-being of employees. Little is known about company executives’ attitudes toward WHM. To gain more insight, we conducted a large-scale survey in companies in the German county of Reutlingen in 2017. We sent a standardized questionnaire to 906 companies, containing inter alia 26 self-constructed declarative statements depicting company executives’ opinions on various WHM aspects; 222 questionnaires could be evaluated. By exploratory factor analysis we assigned the 26 items to six factors reflecting different attitudes toward WHM. Factor values were standardized to a scale from 0 to 10. The attitude ‘positive view of general health services in the company’, for example, achieved by far the lowest mean agreement (3.3 points). For the attitude ‘general skepticism toward WHM’, agreement and disagreement were balanced (5.0 points). Using multiple regression analyses, we searched for variables that could partially explain respondents’ agreement with attitudes. In conclusion, a general WHM skepticism was widespread, but not dominant. The idea that general health services should be offered in companies was predominantly rejected. Older respondents and respondents from smaller companies and craft enterprises were more skeptical than average about WHM and its possible extensions.

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Wellness programmes in the workplace in India

Cited by 5 publications

References 1 publication

Outcomes Assessment of Sustainable and Innovatively Simple Lifestyle Modification at the Workplace-Drinking Electrolyzed-Reduced Water (OASIS-ERW): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Outcomes Assessment of Sustainable and Innovatively Simple Lifestyle Modification at the Workplace-Drinking Electrolyzed-Reduced Water (OASIS-ERW): A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial

Diets, Lifestyles and Metabolic Risk Factors among Corporate Information Technology (IT) Employees in South India

Attitudes of Company Executives toward a Comprehensive Workplace Health Management—Results of an Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study in Germany

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