Association of IBM's "A Plan for Life" health promotion program with changes in employees' health risk status

• Published in: Journal of occupational medicine Vol. 36; no. 9; p. 1005
• Main Authors: Goetzel, R, Sepulveda, M, Knight, K, Eisen, M, Wade, S, Wong, J, Fielding, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.1994
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Blood Pressure; Body Mass Index; Cardiovascular Diseases - etiology; Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Health Education; Health Promotion; Humans; Lipids - blood; Male; Middle Aged; Risk Factors; Smoking - adverse effects; Smoking Cessation; Workplace
• ISSN: 0096-1736

To evaluate the association of participation in IBM's "A Plan for Life" program with changes in blood pressure, serum total, high-density lipoprotein, and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, body mass index, and cigarette smoking, we compared changes in these measures over a 1- to 5-year period among program participants and nonparticipants initially found to be at risk. After adjustment for age, sex, time to follow-up, and baseline values, the proportion of participants no longer at high risk was significantly greater than the corresponding proportion of nonparticipants in the areas of blood pressure total and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and smoking cessation.