J Korean Acad Nurs.  2002 Apr;32(2):196-205.

Effects of a Occupational Health Promotion Program for Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

Affiliations
  • 1Division of Nursing Science Ajou University, Korea.
  • 2Department of Nursing Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Korea.

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purposes of this study was to evaluate an occupational health promotion program for the prevention of cardiovascular disease. METHOD: This study employed a quasi-experimental non-equivalent pre and post test to evaluate the program. The subjects of this study were 48 employees selected by convenience sampling who were suspected of having hypertension and hyperlipidemia in routine physical examinations and who were working in A University Hospital in Suwon. 25 subjects were assigned to the experimental group and 23 to the control group. Data collection was done using questionnaries before and after the subjects used the program.
RESULTS
The results of this study showed that systolic blood pressure, ALT, gamma-GTP in the experimental group was lower than that of the control group. There were significant differences between two groups in the percentage of 'irregularity of diet' and in health behavior compliance. There were significant differences between the two groups in the number of complaints of symptoms after using the program.
CONCLUSION
This study shows that there were no obvious differences between the two groups in all areas, but this program had a positive effect on health behavior changes. It is expected that employees' lifestyles can be changed through continuous health promotion programs.

Keyword

Health Promotion Program; Occupational; Prevention; Cardiovascular disease

MeSH Terms

Blood Pressure
Cardiovascular Diseases*
Compliance
Surveys and Questionnaires
Gyeonggi-do
Health Behavior
Health Promotion
Hyperlipidemias
Hypertension
Life Style
Occupational Health*
Physical Examination
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