PMID- 21434560
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110519
LR  - 20191027
IS  - 0387-821X (Print)
IS  - 0387-821X (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 1
DP  - 2011 Mar 1
TI  - Effect of a group health education program in the workplace at the age of 35: a 
      population approach.
PG  - 23-34
AB  - Using a population approach, we investigated whether a group health education 
      program exerted a preventive effect on checkup items at five years later. Workers 
      turning 35 years old before the initial implementation of the program were 
      entered in the control group (n = 422) and those turning 35 years on this date or 
      after were entered in the intervention group (n = 206). These groups were 
      compared using data obtained from routine health checkups at 35 and 40 years of 
      age. In the intervention group, self-management ability prior to and after 
      completion of the program was compared using a 2 item questionnaire based on the 
      General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) and the Health Locus of Control (HLC). In 
      males, the intervention group showed significant inhibition of increases in body 
      mass index (BMI), systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP), and 
      gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (gamma-GTP) compared to the control group. In 
      females, however, a similar outcome was seen for gamma-GTP only. The evaluation 
      index of self-management ability for both GSES and HLC significantly improved 
      among males but did not significantly change among females at five years 
      post-completion of the program. In particular, the group with a high GSES 
      evaluation index experienced significant inhibition of weight gain. As a 
      population approach, adoption of this program in the workplace for males aged 35 
      years may have an inhibitory effect on five-year weight gain. Further, programs 
      which improve GSES appear effective in inhibiting weight gain.
FAU - Nishinoue, Norihide
AU  - Nishinoue N
AD  - Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Toho University School of 
      Medicine, Ota-ku, Tokyo 143-8540, Japan.
FAU - Tatemichi, Masayuki
AU  - Tatemichi M
FAU - Aratake, Miho
AU  - Aratake M
FAU - Yamazaki, Akira
AU  - Yamazaki A
FAU - Fukuda, Hiroshi
AU  - Fukuda H
FAU - Sugita, Minoru
AU  - Sugita M
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Japan
TA  - J UOEH
JT  - Journal of UOEH
JID - 7909645
RN  - EC 2.3.2.2 (gamma-Glutamyltransferase)
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Blood Pressure
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Female
MH  - Group Processes
MH  - Health Education/*methods
MH  - Humans
MH  - Internal-External Control
MH  - Male
MH  - Self Efficacy
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - *Weight Gain
MH  - gamma-Glutamyltransferase/blood
EDAT- 2011/03/26 06:00
MHDA- 2011/05/20 06:00
CRDT- 2011/03/26 06:00
PHST- 2011/03/26 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/03/26 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/05/20 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.7888/juoeh.33.23 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J UOEH. 2011 Mar 1;33(1):23-34. doi: 10.7888/juoeh.33.23.