Improvement of Health Indicators after Participating in Health Promotion Program of General Hospital Staff: A Pilot Study

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Korean J Health Promot. 2018;18(1):15-22

Publication date (electronic) : 2018 March 31

doi : https://doi.org/10.15384/kjhp.2018.18.1.15

Inhyuk Park ¹^,^*, Bumjo Oh ²^,^*, Ga-Hye Li ², Jae Suk Park ¹, Sang Hyung Lee ³^,⁴

¹Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

²Department of Family Medicine, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

³Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

⁴Department of Neurosurgery, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

Corresponding author : Sang Hyung Lee, MD, PhD. Department of Neurosurgery, SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 20 Boramae-ro 5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 07061, Korea. Tel: +82-2-870-2302, Fax: +82-2-870-3866, nslee@snu.ac.kr

^*These authors contributed equally to this work.

Received 2017 November 04; Accepted 2018 February 28.

Abstract

Background

An 8-week health program is achieved for health providers in a general hospital in Seoul to verify whether health parameters are enhanced by improving life habits. We want to examine the effect of this program with measuring health parameters and exercise ability. This study is performed as a pilot study, and the goal is to introduce the outcome of health program with experimental methods.

Methods

Participants of this research consist of 42 health providers who were overweight, and they enrolled an 8-week health program in 2015. They took a class about improving eating habits and recorded daily diet. Moreover, they implemented exercise program with encouraging active participation by rewarding members who attended the program frequently.

Results

The result is analyzed with 31 participants who finished the program. There are 4 men whose physical indices correspond with the criteria of metabolic syndrome. Otherwise, 27 women have physical indices below the criteria. The result indicates that physical indices would not reveal meaningful changes. However, basal fitness comprised of flexibility, sit-up, and back muscle strength implies meaningful improvement.

Conclusions

Even though there were some problems to revise in exercise intervention, it was accomplished systematically while nutrition intervention was not controlled strictly. In addition, factors including inspiring the enrollment of men and extending the period of program should be considered to improve the next program. The final goal of the health promoting hospital is to improve the health of health providers by sustaining this program with developing exercise and nutrition intervention in detail.

Keywords: Exercise; General hospital; Health promotion; Obesity; Pliability; Muscle strength

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Figure 1

Flowchart of the intervention.

Table 1

Physical indices and basal fitness of participants (n=31)

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation.

Table 2

Comparison before and after participating the program

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation. The analysis is achieved by paired samples t-test method. We regard it as meaningful if the P-value is lower than 0.05.

Table 3

Result of nutrition application

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number.

Table 4

Result of wearable device

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation or number.