title: An eHealth education intervention to promote healthy lifestyles among nurses.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nurses often do not adhere to health-promoting lifestyles, compromising their health status and quality of care. This study aimed to evaluate health-promoting effects of an eHealth intervention among nurses compared with conventional handbook learning.
  
  
  METHODS
  This controlled before/after study enrolled 105 nurses, 55 in an experimental group and 60 in a control group, for 3 months of intervention. Both groups completed pre- and postintervention questionnaires of the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile and Short-Form Health Survey. Subjects' height, weight, and body mass index were recorded.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The eHealth education intervention had the effect of significantly increasing nurses' postintervention Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile total scores. No significant changes were observed in the postintervention scores of the control group subjects. The experimental group also had significant postintervention decreases in BMI, but no similar changes were observed in the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Tailored eHealth education is an effective and accessible intervention for enhancing health-promoting behavior among nurses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC; Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yueh-Chi
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Promotion and Health Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC. Electronic address: t09010@ntnu.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Chieh-Hsing
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D065187:Controlled Before-After Studies; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008019:Life Style; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan
keywords: Internet; Nurse education; Social support; eHealth