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Changes in health profiles of participants in an Australian police department’s Wellness program

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    • الموضوع:
      2013
    • Collection:
      Queensland University of Technology: QUT ePrints
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      Background: Little is known about the health effects of worksite wellness programs on police department staff. Objective: To examine 1-2 year changes in health profiles of participants in the Queensland Police Service’s wellness program. Methods: Participants underwent yearly physical assessments. Health profile data collected during assessments from 2008 to 2012 were included in the analysis. Data Analysis: Repeated-measures ANOVA was used for continuous outcome variables, related-samples Wilcoxon Signed Rank test for non-normally continuous variables, and McNemar’s test for binary variables. Results: Significant changes in physical measures included decreases in waist circumference and percent body fat, and increases in cardiorespiratory fitness and flexibility (p<0.01). Changes in serum cholesterol, haemoglobin, total cholesterol ratios, HDL, LDL and Triglyceride levels were also significant (p<0.01). Conclusion: Participants’ health profiles mostly improved between cycles although most changes were not clinically significant. As this evaluation used a single-group pre-test post-test design, it provides initial indications that wellness programs can benefit staff in police departments.
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    • Relation:
      https://eprints.qut.edu.au/62756/1/QPS_Changes_in_health_profiles_V1.pptx; Washington, Tracy L., Heesch, Kristiann C., & Rachele, Jerome N. (2013) Changes in health profiles of participants in an Australian police department’s Wellness program. In 2013 National Wellness Conference, 2013-07-15 - 2013-07-18. (Unpublished); https://eprints.qut.edu.au/62756/; Faculty of Health; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation
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    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsbas.F3978295