HealTorture.org
Published on HealTorture.org (https://healtorture.org)

Home > Patient Reported Outcomes of 'Eat, Walk, Sleep': A Cardiometabolic Lifestyle Program for Cambodian Americans Delivered by Community Health Workers

Patient Reported Outcomes of 'Eat, Walk, Sleep': A Cardiometabolic Lifestyle Program for Cambodian Americans Delivered by Community Health Workers [1]

Wagner J, Kong S, Kuoch T, Scully MF, Tan HK, Bermudez-Millan A.

Published inJournal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved  May 2015.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

This study investigated a community health worker-delivered lifestyle intervention for prevention of cardiometabolic disease, called Eat, Walk, Sleep. It was designed for traumatized, low-literacy Cambodian American refugees.

METHODS:

We used a single group, pre-post design to evaluate the effects of the program on self-reported health behaviors. As a control for threats to internal validity, we also measured a nonequivalent dependent variable, i.e., perceived discrimination by health care providers.

RESULTS:

Of 140 participants enrolled, 114 completed one-year assessments. In intent-to-treat analysis with correction for multiple comparisons, compared with baseline, participants at one year scored higher on cardiometabolic prevention knowledge, self-rated health, physical activity, medication compliance, and preventive screenings, and they reported improved sleep, a modest shift from white to brown rice, and reduced barriers to care. As expected, perceptions of discrimination by health care providers did not change.

CONCLUSIONS:

Self-reported behavioral risk factors improved. A randomized, controlled study with objective measures is warranted.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25913342 [2]

Rating: 

No votes yet
Site photography by Stephanie Hynes Photography | Logo design by Synchronicity
CVT National Capacity Building Project received $400,000 through competitive funding through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant #90ZT0187. The contents of this website are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.
 
The National Capacity Building Project is a project of The Center for Victims of Torture. No official endorsement by ORR, DHHS, or CVT for the information on this website is intended or should be inferred.
 
 

Source URL: https://healtorture.org/resource/patient-reported-outcomes-eat-walk-sleep-cardiometabolic-lifestyle-program-cambodian

Links
[1] https://healtorture.org/resource/patient-reported-outcomes-eat-walk-sleep-cardiometabolic-lifestyle-program-cambodian
[2] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25913342