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Occupational Medicine 52:383-391 (2002)
Copyright © 2002 Society of Occupational Medicine

Improving subjective health at the worksite: a randomized controlled trial of stress management training, physical exercise and an integrated health programme

H. R. Eriksen * , C. Ihlebæk * , A. Mikkelsen {dagger} , H. Grønningsæter {ddagger}|| , G. M. Sandal and H. Ursin *

*Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen; {dagger}RF—Rogaland Research, Stavanger; {ddagger}The Norwegian University of Sports and Physical Education, Oslo; and Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
||Present address: Humentor AS, Dronningensgate 25, PB 832 Sentrum, 0104 Oslo, Norway

Correspondence to: Hege R. Eriksen, Department of Biological and Medical Psychology, University of Bergen, Aarstadvn. 21, N-5009 Bergen, Norway. e-mail: hege.eriksen{at}psych.uib.no

Abstract

Our objective was to evaluate the effect of 12 weeks of stress management training (SMT), physical exercise (PE) and an integrated health programme (IHP) in a worksite setting on subjective health complaints. To do this, we randomly split 860 employees into the following groups: control (n = 344), PE (n = 189), IHP (comprising physical exercise and health information) (n = 165) and SMT (n = 162). There were no significant effects on subjective health complaints, sick leave or job stress. However, strong and specific positive effects were experienced for the particular goal areas defined for each intervention. The PE group showed improved general health, physical fitness and muscle pain, while the SMT group showed improved stress management. The IHP group showed the strongest effects, affecting most goals set for treatment.

Keywords      Coping; physical exercise; RCT; stress


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