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Impact of health screening and education on knowledge of coronary heart disease risk factors
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Intervention Prescreening written questionnaire to determine baseline knowledge of CHD risk factors. Participants underwent risk factor screening (lipid profile, blood glucose, body mass index [BMI], and blood pressure) and received tailored education. A postscreening telephone questionnaire was administered 4 to 8 weeks later.
Results Of the 56 participants enrolled, 45 (80.4%) completed the postscreening telephone survey. Compared with prescreening responses, participants showed significantly greater postscreening knowledge of healthy values for CHD risk factors, including blood pressure (P = 0.02), fasting blood glucose (P = 0.03), fasting total cholesterol (P < 0.01), and BMI (P < 0.01). Following the screening, 20 (44.4%) participants had consulted their primary care provider and 31 (68.8%) made at least one healthy behavior change. Approximately one-half of participants reported changing eating habits, and 5 (11.1%) reported increased exercise.
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