Comparison of nutrient intake data calculated on the basis of two different databases. Results and experiences from a Swedish-Finnish study.

Background And Objective: In international surveys of food consumption and nutrient intake, it is essential that the dietary data are comparable when different databases and calculation programs are used. The aim of the present analysis was to examine the comparability of nutrient intake data calculated on the basis of the Swedish food composition database PC-kost and the Finnish food composition database Nutrica.

Subjects And Methods: A total of 20 male adults currently living in Sweden were selected from a group of Finnish twins of the Finnish Twin Cohort Study.

Feasibility of, and success in adopting a low-fat diet in coronary patients.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of dietary counselling and the predictability of success in reducing fat intake to less than 20% of total energy in patients with symptomatic coronary heart disease. Forty-seven patients with coronary heart disease attended a 2-week in-house cardiac rehabilitation course with the main emphasis on individual dietary counselling by a nutritionist. Patients were followed up at 3 and 6 months.

A health promotion programme for oil refinery employees: changes of health promotion needs observed at three years.

The main aim of this three-year follow-up study was to evaluate the long-term effects of a workplace health promotion intervention programme offered by the Neste Oyj corporation's occupational health service. Another aim was to study factors associated with changes in health promotion needs. These were assessed using information obtained by means of questionnaires and laboratory measurements.

Life-style related health promotion needs in oil refinery employees.

This report describes the screening procedure used in the assessment of health promotion needs in a group of oil refinery employees (n = 885). The aim of the study was to assess the life-style related health promotion needs before initiating an intervention programme study. The frequency of different health promotion needs and their distribution according to age, gender and employee group were examined, as well as the factors explaining different health promotion needs.

Subjective quality of sleep and use of hypnotics in an elderly urban population.

To investigate the characteristics and subjective quality of sleep, the use of hypnotics and their correlates in an urban elderly population, a structured interview was administered to a stratified random sample of 600 elderly subjects in five age groups. Interrupted sleep and napping were common; nonetheless, 88% of the subjects considered their sleep at least satisfactory. According to specific criteria, 17% were good, 72% moderate and 11% poor sleepers.