title: Heart healthy online: an innovative approach to risk reduction in the workplace.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine whether a Web-based cardiovascular health promotion program was associated with changes in self-reported behaviors, attitudes, and biometric indicators in a population of working adults.
  
  
  METHODS
  Employees (n = 210) were recruited and randomized into either an Internet-based or control condition. Participants completed pre- and postintervention self-report assessments on diet, exercise, smoking, and mental health. Pre- and postintervention biometric screenings were also obtained on blood pressure, heart rate, weight, and hip/waist circumference.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The intervention was associated with significant improvements in dietary attitudes (P = 0.003; F = 8.83), dietary intentions (P = 0.031; F = 4.72), dietary self-efficacy (P = 0.015; F = 5.97), exercise self-efficacy (P = 0.002; F = 9.51), exercise habits (P = 0.016; F = 5.94), and coping with stress (P = 0.003; F = 8.85) and depression (P = 0.036; F = 4.46).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The program showed promise for promoting cardiovascular risk reduction behaviors. These results are consistent with similar Web-based interventions.
authors.affiliation: From ISA Associates, Inc, Alexandria, Va.
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deitz
authors.forename: Royer F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Rebekah K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Hersch
authors.forename: Samantha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leaf
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001061:Appalachian Region; D001699:Biometry; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult