Evaluation of a multicomponent worksite health promotion program for cardiovascular risk factors - Correcting for the regression towards the mean effect

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-267

  Prior, John O ^a   Van Melle, Guy ^b   Crisinel, Annette ^c   Burnand, Bernard ^b   Cornuz, Jacques ^a,b   Darioli, Roger ^a,c,d  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^d CH 1005 Lausanne Switzerland ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Cohort studies; Health promotion; Intervention; Mobile; Preventive medicine; Regression to the mean; Risk factors; Screening; Switzerland; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SWITZERLAND; WORKPLACE;

EID: 7944239642     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.05.032     Document Type: Article

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