TY - JOUR
T1 - Workplace digital health is associated with improved cardiovascular risk factors in a frequency-dependent fashion
T2 - A large prospective observational cohort study
AU - Widmer, R. Jay
AU - Allison, Thomas G.
AU - Keane, Brendie
AU - Dallas, Anthony
AU - Bailey, Kent R
AU - Lerman, Lilach O
AU - Lerman, Amir
PY - 2016/4/1
Y1 - 2016/4/1
N2 - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the US. Emerging employer-sponsored work health programs (WHP) and Digital Health Intervention (DHI) provide monitoring and guidance based on participants' health risk assessments, but with uncertain success. DHI-mobile technology including online and smartphone interventions-has previously been found to be beneficial in reducing CVD outcomes and risk factors, however its use and efficacy in a large, multisite, primary prevention cohort has not been described to date. We analyzed usage of DHI and change in intermediate markers of CVD over the course of one year in 30,974 participants of a WHP across 81 organizations in 42 states between 2011 and 2014, stratified by participation log-ins categorized as no (n = 14,173), very low (
AB - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the US. Emerging employer-sponsored work health programs (WHP) and Digital Health Intervention (DHI) provide monitoring and guidance based on participants' health risk assessments, but with uncertain success. DHI-mobile technology including online and smartphone interventions-has previously been found to be beneficial in reducing CVD outcomes and risk factors, however its use and efficacy in a large, multisite, primary prevention cohort has not been described to date. We analyzed usage of DHI and change in intermediate markers of CVD over the course of one year in 30,974 participants of a WHP across 81 organizations in 42 states between 2011 and 2014, stratified by participation log-ins categorized as no (n = 14,173), very low (
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0152657
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0152657
M3 - Article
C2 - 27092940
AN - SCOPUS:84964579508
VL - 11
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
SN - 1932-6203
IS - 4
M1 - e0152657
ER -