Characteristics of participating and nonparticipating men in a randomized, controlled diet and exercise intervention trial.
| Autor: | Näslund GK; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden., Fredrikson M, Hellenius ML, de Faire U |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Scandinavian journal of primary health care [Scand J Prim Health Care] 1994 Dec; Vol. 12 (4), pp. 249-54. |
| DOI: | 10.3109/02813439409029249 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To study characteristics of importance for participation in a diet and physical exercise prevention programme. Setting: Primary Health Care, Sollentuna, and the Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. Subjects: A sample of 187 men, aged 35-60, with increased risk factors for CHD, were invited to a 6-month prevention programme. Participants (n = 158) were randomized into a diet group, a physical exercise group, a diet and physical exercise group, and a control group. Twenty-seven men, who declined participation, formed the group of nonparticipants. Design: Participants and nonparticipants were compared with respect to health beliefs, health knowledge, CHD risk factors, demographic and personality factors. Main Outcome Measures: Characteristics of men participating and not participating in the intervention trial. Results: Nonparticipants, compared with participants, believed less in the benefits of dietary change and perceived the health threat of stroke and myocardial infarction as less serious. Nonparticipants had a better knowledge of a number of risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Conclusion: Belief in treatment efficacy and perceived health threat, rather than health knowledge, predicted initial participation in a non-pharmacological intervention trial. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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