Konlaan B B, Björby N, Bygren L O, Weissglas G, Karlsson L G, Widmark M
Department of Social Medicine, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden.
Public Health. 2000 Sep;114(5):316-9.
The aim of this study was to assess the specific biomedico-social effects of participating in cultural events and gentle physical exercise effects apart from the general effect of participating in group activities. This was a randomized controlled investigation using a factorial design, where attending cultural events and taking easy physical exercise were tested simultaneously. The 21 participants, aged between 18 and 74 y were from a simple random sample of people registered as residents in Umeå, a town in northern Sweden. Among the 1000 in the sample, 21 individuals (11 men, 10 women) were recruited into the experiment. Two out of the 21 subjects dropped out and were discounted from our analysis. Nine people were encouraged to engage in cultural activity for a two-month period. Diastolic blood pressure in eight of these nine was significantly reduced following the experiment. There were no marked changes observed in either systolic or diastolic blood pressure in those not required to engage in any form of extra-cultural activity. A decrease in the levels of both adrenocorticotropical hormone (ACTH) and s-prolactin was observed in culturally stimulated subjects, whereas the average baseline s-prolactin level of 7 ng/l for the non-culturally stimulated group was unchanged after the experiment. Physical exercise produced an increase in the high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol level and in the ratio of HDL to LDL (low density lipoprotein). It was concluded that cultural stimulation may have specific effects on health related determinants.
本研究的目的是评估参与文化活动和轻度体育锻炼所产生的特定生物医学 - 社会效应，而非参与团体活动的总体效应。这是一项采用析因设计的随机对照研究，同时对参与文化活动和进行轻度体育锻炼进行测试。21名年龄在18至74岁之间的参与者来自瑞典北部城镇于默奥登记在册居民的简单随机样本。在1000名样本中，招募了21人（11名男性，10名女性）参与实验。21名受试者中有2人退出，在我们的分析中被排除。9人被鼓励参与为期两个月的文化活动。这9人中的8人在实验后舒张压显著降低。未被要求参与任何形式额外文化活动的人，其收缩压和舒张压均未观察到明显变化。在受到文化刺激的受试者中，促肾上腺皮质激素（ACTH）和血清催乳素水平均下降，而未受文化刺激组的血清催乳素平均基线水平为7 ng/l，实验后未改变。体育锻炼使高密度脂蛋白（HDL）胆固醇水平以及HDL与低密度脂蛋白（LDL）的比率有所升高。研究得出结论，文化刺激可能对健康相关决定因素具有特定影响。
