J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs.  2013 Jun;24(2):111-122. 10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.2.111.

Effects of a Comprehensive Lifestyle Improvement Program for Middle-aged Women with Cardio-cerebrovascular Disease-related Risk Factors

• Park MK
• Kim JH

• KMID: 2292754
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2013.24.2.111

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to evaluate effects of a comprehensive lifestyle improvement program for middle-aged women with cardio-cerebrovascular disease (CVD)-related risk factors.
METHODS
The research adopted a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. The number of participants was 18 in the experimental group and 16 in the control group sampled among middle-aged women who had CVD-related risk factors residing in a community. The experimental group participated in a four-session comprehensive lifestyle promotion program, which consisted of lectures, demonstrations, small-group meetings and telephone-counseling. The effects of the program were evaluated by measuring knowledge, attitude, health behavior, and self-efficacy for CVD prevention.
RESULTS
The experimental group showed a significant increase in self-efficacy for CVD prevention compared to the control group. There was no significant increase in knowledge, attitude, and health behavior.
CONCLUSION
The results suggest that the comprehensive lifestyle improvement program was effective in improving self-efficacy for CVD prevention. There is a need to develop more effective lifestyle improvement programs designed to improve knowledge, attitude, and health behavior for CVD prevention. In further research, a follow-up evaluation is also needed to investigate any delayed effects on targeted variables among which no significant differences emerged immediately after the completion of the program.

Keyword

Cardiovascular diseases; Cerebrovascular disorders; Middle-aged; Women; Lifestyle

MeSH Terms

Attitude to Health
Cardiovascular Diseases
Cerebrovascular Disorders
Female
Health Behavior
Humans
Lectures
Life Style
Risk Factors

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  Figure 1 Conceptual framework of this study.

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