An intervention program to promote health-related physical fitness in nurses
| Autor: | Lien Jen Hwu, Hsien Wen Kuo, Wen Hsin Hsu, Yin O. Chang, Ming Chih Chou, Su Chuan Yuan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Physical fitness Taiwan Flexibility (personality) Nurses Workload General Medicine Logistic regression Physical medicine and rehabilitation Physical Fitness Intervention (counseling) Surveys and Questionnaires Physical therapy Marital status Medicine Humans Health education business Body mass index General Nursing |
| Zdroj: | Journal of clinical nursing. 18(10) |
| ISSN: | 1365-2702 |
| Popis: | Aims. To assess the effects of exercise intervention on nurses’ health-related physical fitness. Background. Regular exercise that includes gymnastics or aerobics has a positive effect on fitness. In Taiwan, there are not much data which assess the effects of exercise intervention on nurses’ health-related physical fitness. Many studies have reported the high incidence of musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) in nurses However, there has been limited research on intervention programs that are designed to improve the general physical fitness of nurses. Design. A quasi-experimental study was conducted at a medical centre in central Taiwan. Methods. Ninety nurses from five different units of a hospital volunteered to participate in this study and participated in an experimental group and a control group. The experimental group engaged in a three-month intervention program consisting of treadmill exercise. Indicators of the health-related physical fitness of both groups were established and assessed before and after the intervention. Results. Before intervention, the control group had significantly better grasp strength, flexibility and durability of abdominal muscles than the experimental group (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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