Effects of an internet-based lifestyle intervention on cardio-metabolic risks and stress in Korean workers with metabolic syndrome: A controlled trial

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-119

  Kim, Chun Ja ^a   Schlenk, Elizabeth A ^b   Kang, Se Won ^c   Park, Jae Bum ^d  

^a Ajou University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c Dong Eui University   (South Korea)

^d Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Behavioral research; Cardio metabolic risk; Metabolic syndrome x; Physical activity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DIET; FAT MASS; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JOB STRESS; KOREAN (PEOPLE); LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOBILE PHONE; PARALLEL DESIGN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CONTROL; WORKER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CELL PHONES; EXERCISE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERNET; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84920196806     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.10.013     Document Type: Article

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