英文摘要 |
The purpose of this study is to explore how a walking program affects on employee's body mass index, body weight, and healthy lifestyle. This was a one-group longitudinal research design, and a purposive sampling was used at a medical center. The selected subjects performed a walking program which consisted of 30 minutes of walking every day for five times within each week. The program lasted for six weeks. The subjects' body heights and body weights were measured before and after the walk, and a healthy lifestyle survey for health promotion was conducted before and after the program was implemented. The outcomes showed that: (1) the body mass index (BMI) reduced by 0.4 kg/m^2 (p<.05) and the body weight (BW) reduced by 0.9 kg (p<.001) (both measurements had significant changes); (2) the score of healthy lifestyle increased by 22 points from 101 to 123; (3) six subcategories showed significant improvements (p< .001) including self-implementation with an increase of 2.9 points, responsibility of health with an increase of 8.8 points, exercise with an increase of 2.7 points, nutrition with an increase of 3.1 points, relation support with an increase of 2.2 points, and stress management with an increase of 2.3 points. The study indicated that implementation of a walking program can promote employee's healthy lifestyles. |