Wellness Program Outreach and Effectiveness: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Summary
The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of an outreach campaign designed to increase engagement with Pack Health, a Quest Diagnostics wellness program providing individual health coaching for weight management and diabetes prevention. While employee wellness and disease-management programs have the potential to improve wellbeing and reduce healthcare costs, their effectiveness is often undermined by low engagement and selection bias in participant comparisons. This study will test whether an outreach approach that auto-enrolls eligible individuals-employees and their spouses/domestic partners-into the program, with the option to opt out, can increase engagement and improve health outcomes compared to the standard invitation-based approach.
Description
The investigators will conduct a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of an outreach campaign designed to increase engagement with Pack Health, a Quest Diagnostics wellness program providing individual health coaching for weight management and diabetes prevention. While employee wellness and disease-management programs have the potential to improve wellbeing and reduce healthcare costs, their effectiveness is often undermined by low engagement and selection bias in participant comparisons. This study will test whether an outreach approach that auto-enrolls eligible individuals-em…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 21+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Provided informed consent. 2. Those who are eligible for the Pack Health program: * Employees/spouses/domestic partners over the age of 18 * Metabolic syndrome defined as results indicating 3 or more of the following risk factors: * High waist circumference (\>35 inches for women and \>40 inches for men) * High triglycerides (≥150 mg/dl) * Low HDL cholesterol (\<50 mg/dl for women and \<40 mg/dl for men) * High Blood Pressure (≥130/85) * High Fasting Glucose (≥100 mg/dl) Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Anyone under the age of 21. They will n…
Interventions
- BehavioralOpt-out framing
Outreach notifies those eligible that they are enrolled in the program and invites them to start participating.
- BehavioralOpt-in framing
Eligible participants are invited to enroll
Location
- Quest DiagnosticsSecaucus, New Jersey