Effectiveness of a Workplace Web-based Multi-component Intervention on Lifestyle, Health, and Work Productivity in Beauty Consultants: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Guillermo García-Pérez-de-Sevilla, Ángel González-de-la-Flor, Beatriz Sánchez-Pinto Pinto et al.
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In 30 seconds
This randomized controlled trial evaluated a 12-week web-based workplace program among female beauty consultants at a cosmetics company. The intervention combined supervised exercise with education on physical activity, nutrition, stress management, and sleep; 24 participants were assigned to the intervention and 24 to control. At postintervention assessment, the intervention group had significant improvements relative to control in Mediterranean diet adherence, physical activity, back pain, stress, lower-limb strength, and work productivity (all P < 0.05), with large effect sizes. The abstract does not report the magnitude of these changes.
Key findings
- Compared with control, intervention participants improved in Mediterranean diet adherence and physical activity (both P < 0.05).
- Back pain and stress improved significantly in the intervention group relative to control (both P < 0.05).
- Lower-limb strength and work productivity improved significantly compared with control (both P < 0.05).
Why it matters
The findings suggest that a workplace program combining online education and supervised exercise may address several connected outcomes, including lifestyle, physical and mental health, and productivity. Considering these outcomes together may be useful when evaluating workplace health initiatives, although the reported results do not establish which program components contributed to improvement.
What to keep in mind
The trial involved a small, specific population of female beauty consultants from one cosmetics company, and outcomes were assessed only at baseline and immediately after the 12-week intervention.