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Increased Physical Activity Leads to Improved Health-Related Quality of Life Among Employees Enrolled in a 12-Week
Stephanie Macaluso1, Andrea Fleisch Marcus, Diane Rigassio-Radler
1Clinical Nutrition Program (Ms Macaluso), School of Health Related Professions; School of Health Related Professions (Dr Marcus, Dr Byham-Gray, Dr Touger-Decker), Department of Nutritional Sciences; and School of Health Related Professions (Dr Rigassio-Radler), Institute for Nutrition Interventions, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Jersey.
Objective:
To determine the relationship between physical activity (PA) and health-related quality of life among university employees who enrolled in a worksite wellness program (WWP).
Methods:
The study was an interim analysis of data collected in a WWP. The sample consisted of 64 participants who completed 12- and 26-week follow-up appointments.
Results:
Self-reported anxiety days significantly decreased from baseline to week 12. There were positive trends in self-rated health, vitality days, and summative unhealthy days from baseline to week 26. Among those with a self-reported history of hypertension (HTN), there was an inverse correlation between PA and summative physically and mentally unhealthy days at week 12.
Conclusions:
Among participants in this WWP with HTN, as PA increased there was a significant decrease in summative physically and mentally unhealthy days at week 12.
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