This document summarizes a pilot study on cardiovascular disease management for employees. The study examined employees who had been diagnosed with high blood pressure or high cholesterol. Lifestyle questionnaires assessed their diet, exercise, and stress levels. The results found that employees exposed to competitive or high-stress work environments had higher blood pressure and glucose levels. Recommendations included employers providing a healthier work environment with less stress, employees eating less junk food and cholesterol, engaging in regular exercise, and participating in support groups. The goal of the pilot study was to provide guidelines to help patients achieve a healthier lifestyle and reduce risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

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Pilot study of cardiovascular disease
Public health is an essential factor in any institution. For instance, like in a university,
students need to be aware of how to go about in having a healthy lifestyle behavior. The patients
have to be informed on how to curb and lead a healthy life. Internationally, the rate of mortality
is at most by cardiovascular diseases. The paper below focuses on a pilot study management for
patients living with cardiovascular disease and ways that will help them to maintain a healthy
lifestyle as discussed below.
First, in our case study, our patients were employees in one of our health plan. They
were diagnosed with having high blood pressure, and the other had high cholesterol as well.
Notably, cardiovascular disease begins during one's childhood and manifest during adulthood
(Ridker 328). The risk factors for cardiovascular disease can be obesity, blood pressure,
hypertension, and diabetes. Illustratively, vascular conditions have a significant impact
economically from premature death, long-term disability on patients and the cost of treatment is
very expensive. The country’s health system also gets affected (Kannel 126). There are some
themes and study methods in the analysis of cardiovascular disease as follows.

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Notably, the consumption of fast foods and empty calorie food were among the factors
that made the victims prone to the cardiovascular disease. The campus pharmacy was able to use
the questionnaire in their research for those who were under observation. The questionnaire was
about their lifestyle (Kannel 126). The patients’ cholesterol levels and blood pressure was taken
into consideration. The use of the questionnaire was preferred to be a perfect method for study
for it gives a clear and precise observation from the patients. The following results were obtained
as follows.
The patients who were working for an employer had blood glucose levels as a result of
competitive working environment. They were found with diastolic blood pressure. The working
environment was unfriendly for it made the patients get exposed to more cardiovascular diseases
(Ridker 328). The working environment, which did not involve the employees in active duties,
also facilitated risk factors for the cardiovascular diseases. Thus, it is also important to note the
resulting reforms from the above research analysis had a conclusion too.
The employees who were used to provide data for the research to help them achieve a
healthy lifestyle had to do the following. Their employer had to facilitate a favorable
environment for them. Working under pressure with a lot of workloads could cause high levels
of blood among them. Similarly, the employees are to avoid eating junk foods. Meals with too
much cholesterol were also not to be among the patients’ diet (Chu 299). The research also had
that the employees had to engage in exercising session to maintain a well fit body. It will also
facilitate curbing factors such as obesity, which is among the causes of cardiovascular diseases.
Support groups also were recommended for the patients for they can empower and help each
other morally, emotionally, and physiologically. The patients were also asked to keep track of
the prescription and have regular checkups.

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In conclusion, the pilot study of cardiovascular disease provides a platform, a guideline
that will help patients lead a healthy lifestyle. It also suggests and provides a guiding criterion on
the schedule that patients should strict too, as employers; how to achieve the set goals and
objectives that will help them make a healthy life as discussed above.

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