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Using Pedometers to Increase the Non-Workday Steps of Hospital Nursing and Support Staff: A Pilot Study.
- Source :
- Workplace Health & Safety; Oct2017, Vol. 65 Issue 10, p452-456, 5p
- Publication Year :
- 2017
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Abstract
- Nursing is a physically active profession; however, nurses and nursing support staff may limit their physical activity (PA) on non-workdays. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effects of a 12-week pedometer-based PA intervention on daily steps of hospital nursing and support staff from two departments, emergency (ED) and oncology (ONC). The 12-week minimal-contact, self-managed intervention was designed to increase total and non-workday PA. Twenty participants with an average age of 47.6 ± 7.1 years completed the intervention. Significant differences were found between total daily steps at baseline (8,446) and at 12 weeks (10,655; p = .014), and between workday steps at baseline (10,398) and at 12 weeks (13,056; p = 0.005). Oncology unit participants significantly increased their non-workday steps from baseline (5,850) to 12 weeks (9,829; p = .003). As part of a comprehensive intervention, pedometers can promote total and non-workday PA of nursing and support staff. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ANALYSIS of variance
ANTHROPOMETRY
FACTOR analysis
GAIT in humans
HEALTH facility employees
HOSPITAL emergency services
RESEARCH methodology
ONCOLOGY
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH evaluation
RESEARCH funding
T-test (Statistics)
TIME
EMPLOYEES' workload
PILOT projects
PROFESSIONAL practice
PEDOMETERS
HUMAN services programs
PRE-tests & post-tests
REPEATED measures design
PHYSICAL activity
EVALUATION of human services programs
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
HOSPITAL nursing staff
INFERENTIAL statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21650799
- Volume :
- 65
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Workplace Health & Safety
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 125552893
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/2165079916665399