Motivation Predicts Change in Nurses’ Physical Activity Levels During a Web-Based Worksite Intervention: Results From a Randomized Trial
| Autor: | Heather Tulloch, Jennifer Brunet, Emily Wolfe Phillips, Robert D. Reid, Andrew L. Pipe, Jennifer L. Reed |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Population Psychological intervention physical activity Nurses Health Informatics Affect (psychology) law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Wearable Electronic Devices 0302 clinical medicine wearable technology Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Web application Humans 030212 general & internal medicine education Workplace Exercise education.field_of_study Original Paper Motivation 030504 nursing business.industry Multilevel model Repeated measures design Middle Aged Physical therapy Female 0305 other medical science business Internet-Based Intervention |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Internet Research |
| ISSN: | 1438-8871 1439-4456 |
| Popis: | Background Low physical activity levels can negatively affect the health of nurses. Given the low physical activity levels reported by nurses, there is a clear need for brief and economical interventions designed to increase physical activity levels in this population. We developed a web-based intervention that used motivational strategies to increase nurses’ physical activity levels. The intervention provided the nurses with feedback from an activity monitor coupled with a web-based individual, friend, or team physical activity challenge. Objective In this parallel-group randomized trial, we examine whether nurses’ motivation at baseline predicted changes in objectively measured physical activity levels during the 6-week intervention. Methods The participants were 76 nurses (n=74, 97% female; mean age 46, SD 11 years) randomly assigned to 1 of 3 physical activity challenge conditions: (1) individual, (2) friend, or (3) team. The nurses completed a web-based questionnaire designed to assess motivational regulations for physical activity levels before the intervention and wore a Tractivity activity monitor before and during the 6-week intervention. We analyzed data using multilevel modeling for repeated measures. Results The nurses’ physical activity levels increased (linear estimate=10.30, SE 3.15; P=.001), but the rate of change decreased over time (quadratic estimate=−2.06, SE 0.52; P Conclusions Our findings provide evidence that an intervention that incorporates self-monitoring and physical activity challenges can be generally effective in increasing nurses’ physical activity levels in the short term. They also suggest that drawing solely on organismic integration theory to predict changes in physical activity levels among the nurses participating in web-based worksite interventions may have been insufficient. Future research should examine additional personal (eg, self-efficacy) and occupational factors (eg, shift length and shift type) that influence physical activity levels to identify potential targets for intervention among nurses. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04524572; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04524572 |
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