Downloaded from www.sjweh.fi on September 12, 2023 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Print ISSN: 0355-3140 Electronic ISSN: 1795-990X Scand J Work Environ Health 2013;39(5):456-467 https://doi.org/10.5271/sjweh.3361 Published online: 08 Apr 2013, Issue date: 01 Sep 2013 The effectiveness of a construction worksite prevention program on work ability, health, and sick leave: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial by Oude Hengel KM, Blatter BM, van der Molen HF, Bongers PM, van der Beek AJ This study is new in investigating an intervention that targeted both physical as well as psychosocial factors among construction workers on work ability, health, and sick leave. Because no significant differences were found between the two study groups, further implementation of this intervention is not recommended at this time. Affiliation: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research TNO, PO Box 718, 2130 AS, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands. karen.oudehengel@tno.nl Refers to the following texts of the Journal: 2002;28(2):85-93 2004;30(1):56-63 2005;31(5):394-400 2007;33(5):351-357 2009;35(1):1-5 2009;35(5):325-333 1991;17 suppl 1:87-93 2010;36(5):404-412 2012;38(5):467-475 The following articles refer to this text: 2013;39(5):427-429; 2018;44(2):134-146; 2020;46(2):218-227 Key terms: construction; construction industry; construction worker; effectiveness; empowerment ; health; health; health promotion; physical workload; prevention; randomized controlled trial; sick leave; sustainable employability; work ability; worksite This article in PubMed: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23567980