The diabetes prevention program: a worksite experience.
The purpose of this study was to determine if the U.S. National Institutes of Health Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) could be successfully implemented in a worksite setting. Thirty-seven adult employees of BD Medical Systems of Sandy, Utah were enrolled in a single-group time-series study using the DPP. Two-hour oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) and other outcomes were measured at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. Weight, body mass index, waist circumference, 2-hour OGTT, very low density lipoproteins, triglycerides, and aerobic fitness were significantly improved at 6 and 12 months and showed overall significant improvement across time. Fasting blood insulin, total cholesterol, low density lipoproteins, and total cholesterol/high density lipoproteins ratio were significantly improved at 6 months, but not at 12 months. Eighteen of the program participants (51%) were no longer in the pre-diabetes and diabetes categories after 1 year. Existing worksite health promotion and occupational health professionals can successfully offer the DPP and help employees improve glucose tolerance.
Aldana
Steven G
SG
College of Health and Human Performance, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, USA.
Barlow
Marilyn
M
Smith
Rebecca
R
Yanowitz
Frank G
FG
Adams
Ted
T
Loveday
LaDonne
L
Arbuckle
JaNae
J
LaMonte
Michael J
MJ
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D014589:Utah