Korean J Occup Health Nurs.  2010 May;19(1):78-87.

The Effect of Occupational Health Service for the Aged Workers in Small Workplaces

• Kim EM
• Yun SN

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of occupational health service(OHS) for the aged workers in small workplace. METHOD: A single group of pretest-posttest design was used. 608 aged workers of 253 small workplace who had one out of 4 risk factors were randomly selected. The OHS consisted of education, medical checkup, and counseling. Also information was provided by a visiting nurse 4-5 times every 4-5 weeks from March to November, 2009. The data were collected by interview, self report, and monitored by a nurse.
RESULTS
The OHS led to significant reduction of the mean systolic and diastolic blood pressures of 6.46mmHg and 5.22mmHg, each respectively. The mean total cholesterol, glucose, and BMI were also reduced significantly by 6.35mg/dL, 5.91mg/dL, and 0.31kg/m2. And stages of health behavioral change were moved from 1,2,3 stages to 4,5 stages significantly.
CONCLUSION
The OHS showed an effective intervention to improve the aged workers' health in the small workplaces. Therefore, The OHS by visiting a nurse can be a good strategy to extend to small & medium-sized companies having no in-site health manager.

Keyword

Aged workers; Occupational health service; Small workplaces

MeSH Terms

Aged
Cholesterol
Community Health Nursing
Counseling
Education, Medical
Glucose
Health Behavior
Humans
Occupational Health
Occupational Health Services
Risk Factors
Self Report
Cholesterol
Glucose