The effect of cardiac health promotion program among the general public in Hong Kong
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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)

车锡英教授 (那打素护理学院)

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摘要Objectives: To investigate the effectiveness of cardiac health promotion program in improving the cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors, self-efficacy and 1http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0-year general cardiovascular (CVS) risk. Design: Quasi-experimental cohort study. Setting: Local community and a rehabilitation hospital in Hong Kong. Participants: General population without history of CVD, were recruited through convenient sampling in between April 2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/08 to March 2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/09. Interventions: Subjects were arranged to attend ten sessions of empowerment workshops on cardiovascular health, diet and community exercise classes. Assessment of different health domains, self-efficacy and risks were conducted. Results: 215 Cantonese speaking Chinese aged 51.1±9.5, were recruited. Lack of exercise (57.7%), hyperlipidaemia (55.3%) and central obesity (51.6%) were found to have the highest prevalence among all of the CVD modifiable risk factors in this subjects' cohort. 22.8% and 3.4% of the male and female subjects had high risk for CVD respectively. After the program, subjects' total volume of exercise increased from 221.33±27http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0.37 to 256.26±277.72 minutes/week (p
着者Chan C.K.-M., Leung K.-C., Chair S.-Y.
期刊名称Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology
出版年份2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/012
月份4
日期1
卷号2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0
期次1
出版社Hong Kong College of Cardiology
出版地China
页次21 - 3http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/0
国际标準期刊号1http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/027-7811
语言英式英语

关键词Cardiovascular disease, Empowerment, Exercise, Health promotion, Risk