Effects of Personal Technology Driven Workplace Wellbeing Intervention Programme on Wellbeing, Productivity (Presenteeism) and Absenteeism - an Intervention Study

Effects of Personal Technology Driven Workplace Wellbeing Intervention Programme on Wellbeing, Productivity (Presenteeism) and Absenteeism - an Intervention Study

In this study the effects of a technology-driven workplace wellbeing intervention programme on employees' wellbeing, productivity (presenteeism) and absenteeism will be studied with the help of mobile applications and remotely conducted questionnaires, different wellbeing intervention periods and HRV based measurements.

The objectives of this study are:

1. To study the effects of a data driven adaptive workplace wellbeing intervention programme on productivity (presenteeism) and absenteeism of the employees.
2. To study the effects of data driven adaptive workplace wellbeing interventions on employees' physical health measures and wellbeing. The secondary objective also includes studying whether the programme generates measurable financial savings.

This study is an intervention study where eligible participants will be offered a technologically delivered health promotion intervention which is personalized to their needs both in terms of content and timing within the 12-month intervention period. The outcomes are compared against their pre-intervention levels at both individual and group level. The study has no control group as it is not acceptable for the participating companies to offer participation only to part of their employees based on randomization due to expected positive impact of the intervention. The lack of the control group will be taken into account while analyzing and interpreting the study results.

The 12-month intervention period consists of access to Firstbeat Life (HRV & movement measurement based wellbeing service), Aava Medical's Aisti wellbeing assessment and four types of online coaching programmes plus option of no coaching. Every participant has continuous access to Firstbeat Life and Aisti during the entire intervention programme and may use them at any time they so desire. In addition, participants will use the Coachbeat mobile app which is used to instruct and communicate with the participants, to fill in all the study questionnaires at given times, and to promote use of Firstbeat Life and Aisti at given points of the study. Baseline measurements and measurements after 4 and 8 months give recommendations for participation to the online coaching based on Firstbeat Life and Aisti wellbeing assessment. The participants can choose the coaching program based on the recommendation or their own interest. They can participate several coaching programmes during the study. Each coaching programme lasts approximately 3 months.

The initial target population consists of generally healthy employees of selected employer companies from information intensive industries and jobs.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Signed written informed consent
• Adequate Finnish or English1 language skills to comprehend study-related instructions and questionnaires. The services and contents are available only in Finnish and English.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Planned absenteeism from work during the study with >3mth duration
• Use of cardiac pacemaker or history of atrial fibrillation
• No access to compatible mobile phone
• History of a major cardiovascular event (myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), stroke, or transient ischemic attack) within the previous 6 months