Association of IBM’s “a plan for life” health promotion program with changes in employees’ health risk status Article

Goetzel, R, Sepulveda, M, Knight, K et al. (1994). Association of IBM’s “a plan for life” health promotion program with changes in employees’ health risk status . 36(9), 1005-1009.

cited authors

  • Goetzel, R; Sepulveda, M; Knight, K; Eisen, M; Wade, S; Wong, J; Fielding, J

authors

abstract

  • To evaluate the association of participation in IBM’s “A Plan for Life” program with changes in blood pressure, serum total, high-density lipoprotein, and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, body mass index, and cigarette smoking, we compared changes in these measures over a 1- to 5-year period among program participants and nonparticipants initially found to be at risk. After adjustment for age, sex, time to follow-up, and baseline values, the proportion of participants no longer at high risk was significantly greater than the corresponding proportion of nonparticipants in the areas of blood pressure total and non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and smoking cessation. © by American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

publication date

  • January 1, 1994

start page

  • 1005

end page

  • 1009

volume

  • 36

issue

  • 9