Effectiveness of a Reducing Alcohol Intervention Program for Workers.
- Author:
Keum Ee KIM
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Koje College, Korea. kekim@koje.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Workers;
Alcohol;
Transtheoretical Model
- MeSH:
Alcohol Drinking;
Cholesterol;
Drinking;
Humans;
Male;
Nursing;
Triglycerides
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2007;18(4):611-623
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: To evaluate a reducing alcohol intervention program for workers. METHOD: The intervention program employed one-group pretest-post-test design with repeated measuring by quasi-experimental study. The program was developed from literature review based on the Transtheoretical Model, and evaluated from April 6 to June 22, 2006. Sixteen white collar male workers participated. At the beginning, the subjects were at the pre-contemplation stage (50%) and contemplation stage (50%). The intervention was applied personally or in group twice a week for 9 weeks. RESULTS: The scores of each stage of change in the post-test increased significantly compared with those in the pretest. The scores of process (cognitive and behavioral) of change in the post-test increased significantly compared with those in the pretest. The score of self-efficacy of change in the post-test increased significantly compared with that in the pretest. The score of pros-cons for drinking in the post-test decreased significantly compared with that in the pretest. The consumption of alcohol a week and a day in the post-test decreased significantly compared with that in the pretest. The levels in ALT, AST, GGT, total cholesterol, triglyceride, B.P. and BMI in the post-test did not decrease significantly compared with those in the pretest, but the level of FBS decreased significantly compared with that in the pretest. CONCLUSION: The above result informs us that a stage-based reducing alcohol intervention program for workers has the effect of increasing the stages of change, the process of change (cognitive and behavioral) and self-efficacy, and decreasing pros-cons for drinking, alcohol consumption and FBS, and it also has a value as an effective means of nursing for workers.
