Effects of a tailored health promotion program to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among middle-aged and advanced-age bus drivers.
A tailored health promotion program was developed and applied to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among middle-aged and advanced-age bus drivers. The participants were 248 bus drivers from 2 transportation companies, in whom the authors surveyed health behaviors (physical activity, diet, smoking habit, and alcohol consumption), health status (body mass index, systolic blood pressure, triglycerides, total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein, and low-density lipoprotein), and job stress. The tailored health promotion program consisted of exercise, diet, temperance, and smoking cessation education; the program was developed to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors and was administered for 6 months. After the program, health behaviors, such as physical activity, dietary habits, smoking habits, and alcohol consumption, and health status indicators, such as blood pressure, had significantly improved (P < .05). The authors did not find an association between job stress and health behavior and status. This suggests that a tailored health promotion program for middle-aged and advanced-age bus drivers was effective.
Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Gyu-Seok
GS
Hwang
Jae-Wook
JW
Choi
Seoung-Hyung
SH
Choi
Seoung-Gil
SG
Lee
Kyung-Hee
KH
Kim
Yong-Min
YM
Cho
Chungsik
C
Yoon
D001334:Automobile Driving; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004032:Diet; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012307:Risk Factors; D016540:Smoking Cessation