[Development of E-Mail education for hyperlipidemia health check-up and application effects].
OBJECTIVE
This study was to monitor the effects of forming desirable eating and exercise habits and change the blood lipid levels by developing and applying E-Mail educational programs for a hyperlipidemia health check-up.


METHODS
The research design used a nonequivalent control group pre-post test. Ninety-nine subjects (Exp.=50, Cont.=49) were selected randomly and the male subjects agreed to a hyperlipidemia health check-up at a comprehensive medical screening center. This study verified validity and reliability through factor analysis on a life habit measurement tool. The data was analyzed with SPSS win 12.0 using an chi- square-test,t-test, ANOVA and ANCOVA.


RESULTS
Eatingand exercise habit scores of the experimental group which were educated through E-Mails changed considerably more than that of the control group which was not educated. Total-cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol in the experimental group was considerably lower than that in the control group, but HDL-cholesterol increased considerably. Triglycerides, however, didn't show change.


CONCLUSIONS
An E-Mail educational program may be applied as a hyperlipidemia health check-up nursing intervention strategy.
Han
Sang-Sook
SS
College of Nursing Science, KyungHee University, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea. sshan12@khu.ac.kr
Kim
Sun-Hee
SH
D000328:Adult; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D034742:Electronic Mail; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009742:Nursing Theory; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012648:Self Care
D002784:Cholesterol