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  • Title: Health-risk appraisal with or without disease management for worksite cardiovascular risk reduction.
    Author: Maron DJ, Forbes BL, Groves JR, Dietrich MS, Sells P, DiGenio AG.
    Journal: J Cardiovasc Nurs; 2008; 23(6):513-8. PubMed ID: 18953215.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND AND RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: Worksite health promotion programs use health risk appraisal (HRA) surveys to identify employees at increased risk, then provide a range of interventions to encourage high-risk individuals to improve their health. Our objective was to determine how the intensity of intervention after HRA affected cardiovascular risk after 1 year, comparing individual follow-up counseling with environmental supports. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: 133 employees of Vanderbilt University with cardiovascular risk factors were randomly assigned to worksite HRA plus targeted disease management (DM group) or HRA plus information about worksite health promotion programs (HRA group). The DM group received longitudinal individualized counseling for risk reduction, whereas the HRA group members received one feedback session about their risk factors and information about free worksite health promotion programs. The main outcome measure was the difference between groups in the change in average Framingham risk score from baseline to 1 year. RESULTS: There was no significant baseline difference between groups in the Framingham risk score. Among DM participants, the mean (SD) Framingham risk score decreased by 22.6%; among HRA participants, the mean score rose by 4.3% (P = .017 for the difference between groups). CONCLUSIONS: In this study of employees with cardiovascular risk factors, HRA followed by individual counseling was more effective than providing information about free worksite health promotion programs.
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