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Does a worksite education and coaching intervention improve lifestyle choices and lipid values in employees with hyperlipidemia?
Does a worksite education and coaching intervention improve lifestyle choices and lipid values in employees with hyperlipidemia?
Worksite wellness programs providing education and coaching can effectively improve lipid profiles and lifestyle behaviors in employees with hyperlipidemia.
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Worksite programs may improve lipids and behaviors in hyperlipidemia; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation before practice change.
A 7-month intervention was undertaken to determine the impact of education and coaching on lifestyle choices and lipid values among employees with hyperlipidemia. Four classes over 2 months at the worksite during work time and two telephone interventions were provided with pre, mid, and post data collection. Total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein values improved during the intervention. Positive lifestyle changes were made involving exercise and diet. Appropriate physician visits and continuous health care increased. Lipid-based interventions at the worksite can elicit positive changes in lifestyle, appropriate health care use, and improved lipid values.
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