title: Worksite Opportunities for Wellness (WOW): effects on cardiovascular disease risk factors after 1 year. The Cholesterol, Hypertension, And Glucose Education (CHANGE) study: results from a randomized controlled trial in African Americans with diabetes. Comparative effectiveness of lifestyle interventions on cardiovascular risk factors among a Dutch overweight working population: A randomized controlled trial Effect of individual counseling on physical activity fitness and health: a randomized controlled trial in a workplace setting. Effectiveness of a motivational interviewing intervention on weight loss, physical activity and cardiovascular disease risk factors: a randomised controlled trial with a 12-month post-intervention follow-up The Paris Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevention Trial. Effects of two years of intervention in a population of young men. Evaluation of a multicomponent workplace health promotion program conducted in Japan for improving employees' cardiovascular disease risk factors. Effect of a continuous diabetes lifestyle intervention program on male workers in Korea.
abstract: OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effectiveness of a worksite health promotion program on improving cardiovascular disease risk factors . METHODS In St Louis , Missouri from 2005 to 2006 , 151 employees ( 134 F , 17 M , 81 % overweight/obese ) participated in a cohort-r and omized trial comparing assessment s + intervention ( worksite A ) with assessment s only ( worksite B ) for 1 year . All participants received personal health reports containing their assessment results . The intervention was design ed to promote physical activity and favorable dietary patterns using pedometers , healthy snack cart , WeightWatchers(R ) meetings , group exercise classes , seminars , team competitions , and participation rewards . Outcomes included BMI , body composition , blood pressure , fitness , lipids , and Framingham 10-year coronary heart disease risk . RESULTS 123 participants , aged 45+/-9 yr , with BMI 32.9+/-8.8 kg/m(2 ) completed 1 year . Improvements ( P < or = 0.05 ) were observed at both worksites for fitness , blood pressure , and total- , HDL- , and LDL-cholesterol . Additional improvements occurred at worksite A in BMI , fat mass , Framingham risk score , and prevalence of the metabolic syndrome ; only the changes in BMI and fat mass were different between worksites . CONCLUSION A multi-faceted worksite intervention promoted favorable changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors , but many of the improvements were achieved with worksite health assessment s and personalized health reports in the absence of an intervention BACKGROUND Cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) and diabetes account for one-third of the mortality difference between African American and white patients . We evaluated the effect of a CVD risk reduction intervention in African Americans with diabetes . METHODS We r and omized 359 African Americans with type 2 diabetes to receive usual care or a nurse telephone intervention .  The 12-month intervention provided monthly self-management support and quarterly medication management facilitation . Co primary outcomes were changes in systolic blood pressure ( SBP ) , hemoglobin A1c ( HbA1c ) , and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ( LDL-C ) over 12 months . We estimated between-intervention group differences over time using linear mixed-effects models . The secondary outcome was self-reported medication adherence . RESULTS The sample was 72 % female ; 49 % had low health literacy , and 37 % had annual income < $ 10,000 . Model-based estimates for mean baseline SBP , HbA1c , and LDL-C were 136.8 mm Hg ( 95 % CI 135.0 - 138.6 ) , 8.0 % ( 95 % CI 7.8 - 8.2 ) , and 99.1 mg/dL ( 95 % CI 94.7 - 103.5 ) , respectively . Intervention patients received 9.9 ( SD 3.0 ) intervention calls on average . Primary providers replied to 76 % of nurse medication management facilitation contacts , 18 % of these result ed in medication changes . There were no between-group differences over time for SBP ( P = .11 ) , HbA1c ( P = .66 ) , or LDL-C ( P = .79 ) . Intervention patients were more likely than those receiving usual care to report improved medication adherence ( odds ratio 4.4 , 95 % CI 1.8 - 10.6 , P = .0008 ) , but adherent patients did not exhibit relative improvement in primary outcomes . CONCLUSIONS This intervention improved self-reported medication adherence but not CVD risk factor control among African Americans with diabetes . Further research is needed to determine how to maximally impact CVD risk factors in African American patients Background Overweight ( Body Mass Index [ BMI ] ≥ 25 kg/m2 ) and obesity ( BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 ) are associated with increased cardiovascular risk , posing a considerable burden to public health . The main aim of this study was to investigate lifestyle intervention effects on cardiovascular risk factors in healthy overweight employees . Methods Participants were 276 healthy overweight employees ( 69.2 % male ; mean age 44.0 years [ SD 9.2 ] ; mean BMI 29.7 kg/m2 [ SD 3.1 ] ) . They were r and omized to one of two intervention groups receiving a six month lifestyle intervention with behavior counseling by phone ( phone group ) or e-mail ( Internet group ) , or to a control group receiving usual care .  Body weight , height , waist circumference , sum of skinfolds , blood pressure , total cholesterol level and predicted aerobic fitness were measured at baseline , at 6 and at 24 months . Regression analyses included the 141 participants with complete data . Results At 6 months a significant favorable effect on total cholesterol level ( -0.2 mmol/l , 95%CI -0.5 to -0.0 ) was observed in the phone group and a trend for improved aerobic fitness ( 1.9 ml/kg/min , 95%CI -0.2 to 3.9 ) in the Internet group . At two years , favorable trends for body weight ( -2.1 kg , 95%CI -4.4 to 0.2 ) and aerobic fitness ( 2.3 ml/kg/min , 95%CI -0.2 to 4.8 ) were observed in the Internet group . Conclusions The intervention effects were independent of the used communication mode . However short-term results were in favor of the phone group and long-term results in favor of the internet group . Thus , we found limited evidence for our lifestyle intervention to be effective in reducing cardiovascular risk in a group of apparently healthy overweight workers . Trial registration IS RCT BACKGROUND Physical inactivity and obesity are major public health problems . Our objective was to investigate the effectiveness of an individual counseling intervention at the workplace on physical activity fitness and health . Counseling content derived from the Patient-centered Assessment and Counseling for Exercise and Nutrition ( PACE ) program . METHODS A total of 299 employees of three municipal services in the Dutch town of Enschede were r and omly allocated into intervention ( n = 131 ) and control group ( n = 168 ) . Over a 9-month period , intervention group subjects were offered seven counseling sessions . Counseling was based on the individual 's stage of behavioral change using PACE physical activity and nutrition protocol s. Subjects in both the intervention and control group received written information about several lifestyle factors . Primary outcome measures were physical activity ( total energy expenditure , during sports activities , during physical activity leisure time other than sports , and meeting the moderate-intensity public health recommendations ) ; cardiorespiratory fitness ; and prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms . Secondary outcome measures were body composition ( body mass index [ BMI ] , and percentage of body fat measured via skinfold thicknesses ) ; blood pressure ; and blood cholesterol . RESULTS There were significant positive effects on total energy expenditure , physical activity during sports , cardiorespiratory fitness , percentage of body fat , and blood cholesterol . No effects were found for the proportion of subjects meeting the public health recommendation of moderate-intensity physical activity , physical activity during leisure time other than sports , prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms , body mass index , and blood pressure . CONCLUSIONS Individual face-to-face counseling at the workplace based on PACE protocol s positively influenced physical activity levels and some components of physical fitness . The implementation of workplace counseling programs for individuals should therefore be promoted Background Intensive diet and physical activity interventions have been found to reduce cardiovascular disease ( CVD ) risk , but are re source intensive . The American Heart Association recently recommended motivational interviewing ( MI ) as an effective approach for low-intensity interventions to promote health-related outcomes such as weight loss . However , there is limited research evaluating the long-term effectiveness of MI-based interventions on health-related outcomes associated with CVD risk . The current research evaluated the effectiveness of a six-month low-intensity MI intervention in a UK primary -care setting in maintaining reductions in CVD risk factors at12 months post-intervention . Methods Primary -care patients were r and omised to an intervention group that received st and ard exercise and nutrition information plus up to five face-to-face MI sessions , delivered by a physical activity specialist and registered dietician over a 6-month period , or to a minimal intervention comparison group that received the st and ard information only . Follow-up measures of behavioural ( vigorous and moderate physical activity , walking , physical activity stage-of-change , fruit and vegetable intake , and dietary fat intake ) and biomedical ( weight , body mass index [ BMI ] , blood pressure , cholesterol ) outcomes were taken immediately post-intervention and at a 12-month follow-up occasion . Results Intent-to-treat analyses revealed significant differences between groups for walking and cholesterol .  Obese and hypercholesterolemic patients at baseline exhibited significant improvements in BMI and cholesterol respectively among those allocated to the intervention group compared to the comparison group . Post-intervention improvements in other health-related outcomes including blood pressure , weight , and BMI were not maintained . Conclusions The present study suggests that a low-intensity MI counselling intervention is effective in bringing about long-term changes in some , but not all , health-related outcomes ( walking , cholesterol levels ) associated with CVD risk . The intervention was particularly effective for patients with elevated levels of CVD risk factors at baseline . Based on these findings future interventions should be conducted in a primary care setting and target patients with high risk of CVD . Future research should investigate how the long-term gains in health-related outcomes brought about by the MI-counselling intervention in the current study could be extended to a wider range of health outcomes The Paris Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevention Trial was design ed to determine whether individualised intervention could induce a reduction in the coronary risk factor levels in young men . Three thous and three hundred and thirty-six men aged 25 to 35 , working in the 160 sections of a large Parisian administration , were examined . The section were r and omly allocated to a control and an intervention group . Advice concerning diet , cigarette smoking , and physical activity was provided repeatedly to the subjects in the intervention group . Two years after the first intervention , the first 1292 subjects who entered the study , whether from the intervention or the control group , were recalled ; 86 % of the intervention group and 84 % of the control group responded . The changes in weight , blood pressure , and cigarette smoking in the intervention group , corrected for changes in the control group , were respectively -0.4 kg ( p = 0.06 ) , -1.4 mm Hg ( p less than 0.05 ) , and -1.2 cigarettes ( p less than 0.01 ) . There was no difference between the two groups in serum cholesterol change . Most of these results concerning young men are in agreement with recently reported results of community intervention programmes in middle-aged men BACKGROUND The long-term effectiveness of multicomponent worksite health promotion programs targeting cardiovascular disease risk factors remains unclear in Japan . This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of such a health promotion program consisting of a main program provided over 4 days and a follow-up program provided over 1 year . METHODS The subjects of this r and omized controlled trial were male employees working for a building maintenance company in Japan . The intervention group ( n = 152 ) and the control group ( n = 150 ) consisted of employees having abnormal findings in at least one of the following items at baseline health examination : body mass index ( BMI ) , systolic ( SBP )  or  diastolic blood pressure , total cholesterol , HDL cholesterol , triglycerides , and fasting blood glucose . Evaluation was conducted at 18 months after the main program . RESULTS BMI , SBP , total cholesterol , and triglycerides improved significantly in the intervention group compared with the control group ( P < 0.05 ) . When comparisons were limited to those who showed abnormality at baseline , BMI , total cholesterol , and triglycerides improved significantly in the intervention group ( P < 0.05 ) . CONCLUSIONS The multicomponent health promotion program provided to employees was shown to be effective in improving obesity , high blood pressure , and hyperlipidemia when evaluated 18 months after the main intervention program AIMS This study was conducted to compare the effects of two years of lifestyle intervention to no intervention or one year of intervention on diabetes risk factors in male workers with impaired fasting glucose ( IFG ) or diabetes . METHODS We conducted a r and omized lifestyle intervention trial design ed to alter personal lifestyles among 123 industrial male workers ( CG ; control group , n=75 ; OIG ; one-year intervention group , n=23 ; TIG ; two-year intervention group , n=25 ) . The intervention consisted of two parts , the main program ( face-to-face counseling five times/12 weeks ) and a follow-up program ( e-mail counseling ten times/30 weeks ) . Assessment s included biochemical characteristics , anthropometry and nutrient intake at baseline and after two years . RESULTS After two years , systolic blood pressure , HOMA-IR , HDL cholesterol and total energy intake ( p<0.05 ) were reduced in the OIG group , while weight , body mass index , waist circumference , blood pressure , fasting plasma glucose ( FPG ) , HbA1c and nutrient intake ( total energy , carbohydrate , protein and sodium ) were significantly decreased ( p<0.05 , respectively ) in the TIG group . When compared to the CG , subjects in OIG and TIG showed significant improvements in the level of FPG and HbA1c ( p<0.05 ) . CONCLUSIONS Continuous lifestyle intervention for two years is more effective at improving diabetes risk factors than OIG
target: There was no statistically significant publication bias , except for systolic blood pressure .
background: This study examined the effect of lifestyle interventions on  cardiovascular disease risk factors among workers .