Ray M Merrill1, Steven G Aldana. 1. Department of Health Science, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA. Ray_Merrill@byu.edu
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of a coronary heart disease prevention program at improving selected health indicators. METHODS: A randomized controlled health intervention study was used, with 348 participants from metropolitan Rockford, Illinois, followed for 6 months; ages ranged from 24 to 81 years. Health indicators were based on the SF-36v2. RESULTS: Those in the intervention group showed significantly greater increases in scale scores for physical functioning, role-physical, bodily pain, general health perceptions, vitality, social functioning, role-emotional, and mental health. CONCLUSION: The prevention program improved functional health and well-being scores as well as psychometrically based physical and mental health summary measures.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the efficacy of a coronary heart disease prevention program at improving selected health indicators. METHODS: A randomized controlled health intervention study was used, with 348 participants from metropolitan Rockford, Illinois, followed for 6 months; ages ranged from 24 to 81 years. Health indicators were based on the SF-36v2. RESULTS: Those in the intervention group showed significantly greater increases in scale scores for physical functioning, role-physical, bodily pain, general health perceptions, vitality, social functioning, role-emotional, and mental health. CONCLUSION: The prevention program improved functional health and well-being scores as well as psychometrically based physical and mental health summary measures.
Authors: Stephanie A P Schuette; Evelyn Cordero; Katherine Slosburg; Elizabeth L Addington; David Victorson Journal: Am J Lifestyle Med Date: 2017-05-05