Assessment of Obesity as a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor in a Geriatric Rural Texas Community - A Six Month Follow-Up

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dc.contributor.advisorAntonio Rene
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDoug A. Mains
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGilbert Ramirez
dc.creatorCoustasse, Alberto
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T19:29:54Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T19:29:54Z
dc.date.issued1999-12-01
dc.date.submitted2013-12-13T10:06:04-08:00
dc.description.abstractCoustasse, Alberto, Assessment of Obesity as a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor in a Geriatric Rural Texas Community – A Six Month Follow-up. Master of Public Health Track, Public Health Administration, December 1999, 22 pp., 9 tables, 9 illustrations, bibliography, 7 titles. The health fair approach was used as a method to establish individual and population health status baselines and to provide a mechanism to follow-up with an elderly population in a rural Texas community. A controlled trial sample of forty-four seniors was initially screened in a primary care clinic in August 1998. Patients were reevaluated at six months and results demonstrated a 46% increase in BMI [Body Mass Index]; 62% remained obese; 62% maintained elevated cholesterol or increased cholesterol values to abnormal values; 61% maintained or increased their BP [blood pressure] to abnormal values. A significant finding was that a change of one unit in the BMI correlated with a change of 19.88 mmHg [millimeter mercury] of SBP [systolic blood pressure] and 18.59 mmHg of DBP [diastolic blood pressure]. The societal economic impact of mortality and morbidity (without the benefit of target interventions) for the initial forty-four seniors was projected at & 74,949. Keywords: Health fairs; obesity; cardiovascular; cost; case management.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/25914
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectCardiology
dc.subjectCardiovascular Diseases
dc.subjectCardiovascular System
dc.subjectClinical Epidemiology
dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectEpidemiology
dc.subjectGeriatrics
dc.subjectHealth and Medical Administration
dc.subjectHealth Services Administration
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectCardiovascular Disease Risk Factor
dc.subjectGeriatric
dc.subjectRural Texas
dc.subjectelderly population
dc.subjectweight
dc.subjectcholesterol value
dc.subjectblood pressure
dc.subjecthealth fairs
dc.subjectcost
dc.subjectcase management
dc.subjectcardiovascular
dc.titleAssessment of Obesity as a Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor in a Geriatric Rural Texas Community - A Six Month Follow-Up
dc.typeProfessional Report
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity Health
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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