Commitment to a healthy lifestyle as the most important factor in the formation of health at the current stage of the country’s socio-economic development becomes an extremely urgent task. Workplace wellbeing programs have been developed focusing on healthy lifestyles, amelioration of behavioral risk factors, and the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases. Despite the obvious advantages of these programs, their implementation and methodological support is a challenging task in workspace settings.

OBJECTIVE

To evaluate the experience of implementing workplace wellbeing programs among employees in different economic areas using the «ATRIA» e-platform.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

Experts from the National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine have developed a set of tools (questionnaires for employers and employees) designed to help develop and implement workplace wellbeing programs. The link to the electronic resource («ATRIA» platform) was sent out to external experts in preventive medicine to ensure broad coverage of the country’s population. The survey was conducted from April 2020 to October 2021.

RESULTS

A total of 7.500 workers participated in the survey, 63.2% of whom were women (n=4.735). The mean age of women was 41.8±10.7 years, and that of men was 40.0±10.3 years. Interviewed employees mainly represented companies belonging to the following economic areas: healthcare and sports (42.3%, n=3.172), oil and gas (35.8%, n=2.684), and education, science, and culture (4.4%, n=333). Adverse workplace factors did not bother 44.5% (n=3.334) of respondents. The predominant factors of concern for the rest of the survey participants were the distance from home (14.9%, n=1.115), continuous stress (14.0%, n=1.047), and risk of contracting COVID-19 in the workplace (13.6%, n=1.023). Variability in responses was observed among workers in different economic areas. Employees who participated in the survey would like to be able to have health screenings in the workplace (46.5%, n=3.473), industry and office gymnastics (28.3%, n=2.113), and educational seminars and lectures (26%, n=1.944).

CONCLUSION

Workers’ health and safety have traditionally been considered in terms of occupational health and disease prevention, while health promotion and chronic non-communicable disease prevention activities in the workplace are rarely implemented. The present study showed that workers in different economic areas are concerned about some adverse factors in the workplace due to the nature of their work activities. The most preferred workplace wellbeing programs differ among employees of different organizations.