Trial reportJournal of occupational and environmental medicine2015
Mortality benefit of participation in BOOCS program: a follow-up study for 15 years in a Japanese working population.
Trial report in Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.
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- Assessing the Fiscal Burden of Overweight and Obesity in Japan through Application of a Public Economic Framework.Journal of health economics and outcomes research · 2024Article
- Effects of a 30-min rest with a nap chair on task performance, sleepiness, and neurophysiological measures in men with suspected brain fatigue: a randomized controlled crossover trial.Frontiers in sleep · 2024Article
- Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Community Intervention and Health Promotion Programs for the Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases in Japan and Other East and Southeast Asian Countries.Circulation reports · 2022Review
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aims to demonstrate the protective effect on mortality among participants of a health education program, Brain-Oriented Obesity Control System (BOOCS).
methodsA quasi-experimentally designed, 15-year (1993 to 2007) follow-up study was conducted with a total of 13,835 male and 7791 female Japanese workers. They were divided into three groups: participants in the program (1565 males and 742 females), nonparticipant comparative obese controls (1230 males and 605 females), and nonparticipant reference subjects (11,012 males and 6426 females). Hazard ratios were calculated with survival curves drawn to evaluate the mortality effects by the program participation.
resultsThe male participants showed significantly lower mortality risk for all causes of death at hazard ratio = 0.54 (95% confidence interval: 0.31 to 0.94) with significantly different survival curves (P = 0.014 by log-rank test) than obese controls.
conclusionsThe results support a protective effect on mortality by participating in BOOCS program.
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