Volume 24, Issue 102, March - April, 2020

Metabolic control and physical characteristics among University Employees: Effect of short term intervention at workplace

Rakesh Tomar^♦, John Ainsworth Allen

King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, 31261, Saudi Arabia Email: rtau@rediffmail.com

ABSTRACT

The aim of the study was to examine effect of non-supervised short term intervention on metabolic control and selected physical parameters in university employees. Thirteen university employees who were part of intervention group underwent 6 week of short term aerobic and resistance programme. Training was offered two times in week with resistance and aerobic training performed on alternate days. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test showed significant change in fasting blood sugar (Z = -2.714, P = .007) low density lipoproteins (Z = -2.046, P = .041) and very low density lipoproteins (Z = -1.965, P = .049) with in intervention group. Further analysis of data revealed that 6 week of work place intervention failed to revealed any significant change in total cholesterol values (Z = -.489, P = .624), triglycerides (Z = -1.824, P = .068) and high density lipoproteins (Z = -.045, P = .964). Significant change was seen in body mass (Z = -2.224, P = .026), Body fat percent (Z = -2.667, P = .008) and body mass index (Z = -2.347, P = .019) in intervention group. Further positive significant change was also seen in systolic blood pressure (Z = -2.182, P = .029) and diastolic blood pressure (Z = -2.358, P = .018) along with resting heart rate (Z = -2.138, P = .033). Six week of short duration intervention at work place was quite effective in improving certain metabolic controls namely; low density lipoprotein, fasting blood sugar and very low density lipoprotein.

Keywords: : Workplace, Intervention, Metabolic Controls

Medical Science, 2020, 24(102), 680-685

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