Trial reportAmerican journal of public health1995
The costs and effects of a nutritional education program following work-site cholesterol screening.
Trial report in American journal of public health, 1995. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- Improving Eating Habits at the Office: An Umbrella Review of Nutritional Interventions.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of total fat intake on body fatness in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Reduction in saturated fat intake for cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of total fat intake on body weight.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Reduced or modified dietary fat for preventing cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Reduced or modified dietary fat for preventing cardiovascular disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2011Pooled it
- Dietary advice given by a dietitian versus other health professional or self-help resources to reduce blood cholesterol.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2001Pooled it
- The cost-effectiveness of alternative methods of nutrition education for hypercholesterolemic children.American journal of public health · 1997Trial
- The effectiveness of workplace dietary interventions: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.Systematic reviews · 2016Article
- A web-based nutrition program reduces health care costs in employees with cardiac risk factors: before and after cost analysis.Journal of medical Internet research · 2009Article
- Durability, dissemination, and institutionalization of worksite tobacco control programs: results from the Working Well trial.International journal of behavioral medicine · 1998Article
- Annotation: cause and noncause--nutritional epidemiology and public health nutrition.American journal of public health · 1995Article
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- Erratum issued
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10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesThe purpose of this study was to assess the costs and impact of a nutrition education program following a cholesterol screening.
methodsForty work-sites were randomly assigned to one of two educational interventions: a "usual" intervention of 5 minutes of counseling, or a "special" intervention of 2 hours of behaviorally based education on dietary changes to lower serum cholesterol. Costs were monitored, and cholesterol levels were retested 6 and 12 months later.
resultsThe total per-person cost for screening and the educational intervention was about $50. Cholesterol levels differed little between the two intervention groups 6 months after screening, but after 12 months those in the special intervention worksites showed a 6.5% drop in cholesterol, whereas those at the usual intervention worksites showed a drop of only 3.0%. Hence a 3.5% cholesterol reduction was attributable to the special intervention.
conclusionsA behaviorally based nutrition education program following cholesterol screening can have a meaningful impact on long-term cholesterol levels at a low cost. Nutrition education in work-sites may therefore be a useful way to lower the risk of heart disease in communities.
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