Improving overall health status through the CHIP intervention.
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the efficacy of a coronary heart disease prevention program at improving selected health indicators.


METHODS
A randomized controlled health intervention study was used, with 348 participants from metropolitan Rockford, Illinois, followed for 6 months; ages ranged from 24 to 81 years. Health indicators were based on the SF-36v2.


RESULTS
Those in the intervention group showed significantly greater increases in scale scores for physical functioning, role-physical, bodily pain, general health perceptions, vitality, social functioning, role-emotional, and mental health.


CONCLUSIONS
The prevention program improved functional health and well-being scores as well as psychometrically based physical and mental health summary measures.
Merrill
Ray M
RM
Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA. Ray_Merrill@byu.edu
Aldana
Steven G
SG
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011788:Quality of Life; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D055815:Young Adult