Evaluating the impact of a multidimensional well-being intervention for micro, small-, and medium-sized enterprise workers in Assam, India: A single-group feasibility study

Contemporary health research underscores the importance of comprehensive well-being, particularly within occupational environments that profoundly shape individual health experiences. The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector represents a complex workplace ecosystem characterized by multifaceted challenges that potentially compromise worker welfare. In the northeastern Indian State of Assam, MSME sector workers represent a vulnerable population that experiences distinctive professional and personal stressors. This research aims to investigate an intervention that integrates holistic well-being strategies, specifically combining traditional Indian yoga practices with Western relaxation methodologies. The proposed approach seeks to address workers' physical, psychological, and social dimensions of health within the challenging MSME sector context of Assam, India. The study is a single-group feasibility trial with pre, post- and follow-up assessments to assess the impact of the well-being intervention. A sample of 35 MSME workers from Assam, India (n=35), participated in a 3-week intervention program. Baseline, postintervention, and follow-up assessments after 3 weeks of physical, psychological, and social well-being were obtained via standardized scales. To analyze the quantitative data, repeated-measures ANOVA (RMANOVA) was performed within the intervention completing participants to evaluate the intervention's effect. Two-tailed tests of significance were performed. The findings of the study indicated that the intervention led to significant improvements in physical, psychological, and social well-being, with effects being sustained and further enhanced at follow-up. Repeated-measures ANOVA with Greenhouse–Geisser corrections revealed significant time effects for general health (η² = .567), musculoskeletal pain (η² = .825), perceived social support (η² = .678), and mental well-being (η² = .726), all p < .001. The participants reported reduced general health concerns, decreased musculoskeletal pain, and increased perceived social support and mental well-being from preintervention to postintervention and follow-up. The study offers empirically grounded insights into the potential transformative effect of integrated multidimensional well-being intervention.