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KMID : 0895420130230030315
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Journal of Korean Society of Occupational and Enviromental Hygiene
2013 Volume.23 No. 3 p.315 ~ p.322
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Effects of Cerebrovascular Disease Prevention Program Designed for Workers in Small Scale Workplaces
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Kang Hea-Jeoung
Moon Deok-Hwan
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Abstract
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Objectives: This study was conducted in order to prepare fundamental data and assess the short-term effects of applying cerebrovascular disease prevention programs by the Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency(KOSHA) in Korea.
Methods: The number of study subjects was 2,676 workers(58.5%) who were able to evaluate the level of incidence risk at pre- and post-applications of the program, among the 4,576 total workers who were enrolled in the cerebrovascular disease prevention program during 2011. The guidelines for this prevention program were adopted from KOSHA GUIDE H-1-2010. To determine the program’’s effectiveness, the workers’’ risks for cerebrovascular disease were assessed pre- and post-application of the program.
Results: The blood pressure level was significantly reduced by 4.09 mmHg for the mean systolic blood pressures and 5.47 mmHg for diastolic blood pressures, respectively. The mean level of total cholesterol and BMI were also reduced significantly by 2.07 g/dl and 0.1 kg/m2. The rate of smoking was decreased by 4.0% and the percentage of workers engaging in regular exercise was increased by 29.8%. The level of overall cerebrovascular disease risk was reduced among 1,451(70.7%) of 2,052 workers at low risk and above. The level of cerebrovascular disease risk was lower in the improved group for health behavior than the unimproved group(odds ratio =1.7, p < 0.001).
Conclusions: The author considers that the application of the cerebrovascular disease prevention program by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency reduced cerebrovascular diseases risks among workers who were enrolled in the cerebrovascular disease prevention program and it must be accompanied by an improvement in health behavior for prevention of cerebrovascular disease.
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KEYWORD
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cerebrovascular disease evaluation, health promotion, workplace, workers
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