Journal article
Know Your Numbers: Comparing Participants and Nonparticipants in a University Health Screening Program
Journal of American college health, Vol.46(2), pp.87-91
09/01/1997
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/117387
PMID: 9276352
Abstract
University faculty and staff members were offered the opportunity to participate in a worksite health screening program. Both the participants and the nonparticipants responded to a questionnaire concerning their dietary and health practices. Participants' values for total serum cholesterol, blood pressure, and percentage of body fat were measured. No significant differences between the two groups were observed for the parameters of self-reported total serum cholesterol or blood pressure, and the participants' self-reported and measured serum cholesterol values were not significantly different from those of the nonparticipants. However, the measured and self-reported percentages of body fat of participants were significantly different from reported percentages of body fat of those who did not participate. Further exploration of the motivation of participants in health screening programs is called for.
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- Title
- Know Your Numbers: Comparing Participants and Nonparticipants in a University Health Screening Program
- Creators
- Shirley J PerrymanKathy A Beerman
- Publication Details
- Journal of American college health, Vol.46(2), pp.87-91
- Academic Unit
- Biological Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Identifiers
- 99900548595001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article