Reduced Physical Activity in Nursing Population
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REDUCED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN NURSING POPULATION1Reduced Physical Activity in Nursing PopulationNameInstitutionAuthor Note
REDUCED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN NURSING POPULATION2Reduced Physical Activity in Nursing PopulationProblem BackgroundReports provided by the Center for Diseases Control and Prevention show that regular physical training helps maintain a healthy BMI. Reduced physical activity increases the momentum of being affected by chronic diseases such as heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes. The agency also reports data on physical activity among the American population that does not meet the Physical Activity Guidelines per week (Mahon, 2017). Therefore, decreased physical activity in the nursing population has become a global problem and a major health problem. The nursing personnel play significant roles in the care and management of people's health and continuously raise awareness of healthy living. However, increasing levels of low physical fitness among this population are worrying. A major and drastic measure should be taken to ensure that the nurses regain their physical health. FitzGerald (2016) states that decreased physical activity causes poor health to patients, individuals, and nursing students and has thus been attributed to increased stress-related disorders among nursing students and cardiovascular diseases. Similarly, the researcher reports that increased rates of early deaths, sleeping disorders, obesity, and mental health issues contribute to poor health due to reduced physical activity.According to Nicholls et al. (2017), nurses are endowed with knowledge about healthy lifestyle behaviors does not necessarily imply that they must live a healthy lifestyle behavior outside or even within the workplace. The study suggests that lack of enough time or low levels of leisure time, barriers to healthy eating practices, inaccessibility to training services, and exercising time could have reduced nursing populations' physical activity (Nicholls et al., 2017).
REDUCED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN NURSING POPULATION3Problem StatementThe nurses are the frontlines of the public health system and spend a considerable amountof their time promoting healthy living to patients and close relatives. However, studies have reported a lifestyle change in nurses that support signs of reduced physical fitness (Stanulewicz et al., 2019); thus, there is a need to examine the cause of such non-adherence of public health guidelines physical fitness.
REDUCED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN NURSING POPULATION4Literature Review MatrixSourcePurposeMethodsFindings Blake et al. (2017)The article sought to investigate the levels of physical activity among nursing and medical students. Consequently, the paper examined the prognostics of physical activity levels among this nursing population.The study was conducted between 2014-2015 for 12 months using a questionnaire survey to obtain reliable and valid data as per the research topic. The study researchers collected data on physical activity levels among nursing students, social support, and self-efficacy exercises.The study found out that 48% of the nursing students and 38% of the medical professionals never achieved the recommended physical activity levels. Additionally, nursing students reported the most significant causative barriers to physical training: unavailability of time, physical training facilities, and inconveniencing work schedules. Moreover, the study reported self-efficacy and social support as the greatestpredictor of physical activity levels in nursing personnel at 35%.Andreasen etal. (2018)The study investigated the factors that are likely to affect the adherence to integrated physical activity and nutritional values by patients and the The researchers conducted two focus group interviews with patients and staff. Three patients were interviewed The study identified nine themes and analyzed how they affected both the patients and the nursing staff. The study
REDUCED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN NURSING POPULATION5medical ward's nursing population.individually through a telephone call as they missed the group interview. The researchers finally conducted an inductive thematic analysis.reported reduced bad conscience among the nursing staff and not being seen as a factor that affected the patients.Daud et al., (2019)The study investigated the impact of reduced physical activity in public health nurses towards the general public health. The authors further analyzed the effects of public health nurses’ attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and intention to towards engagement in physical activity.The study used a cross-sectional research design. The selection of participants was done using conveniencesampling with about 172 public health nurses completing the study questionnaires. Data was analyzed usingmultiple linear regression analysis.The study found out that public health nurses do easily ignore their personal health promotion. The study reported thatnurses attitudes towards physical activity and perceived behavioral control to affectnurses behavioral intentions towards physical activity. The study reported that with nurses higher behavioral intention, their physical activity did improve.Saridi et al., (2019)The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality and levels of physical activity linked to the quality of life.The study used a primary research method consisting the use of short Form Health Survey questionnaires that presented the nurses with a variety of question areas linked to physical activityThe study found out that most healthcare nurses reported lack of physical exercisesas caused by lack of free time, extreme working hours, pure negligence and household related chores. The authors
REDUCED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN NURSING POPULATION6levels such as body pain and general health, physical role functioning, emotional and social role physical functioning.found out that there is need to boost healthcare nurses physical activity levels by increasing their knowledge and raises awareness about physical activity benefits.Reed et al., (2018)The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of work environment on the physical exercise levels of nurses and cardiometabolic health of care nurses in hospitals across Ontario region.The study adopted a cross-sectional study design. The nurses were asked to wore ActiGraph accelerometer aimed at objectively assessing the intensity of their physical activity from moderate – vigorous levels. The nurses then filled a Perceived Workplace Environment Scale and International Physical Activity Questionnaire.The study analyzed data on nurses working on 8-12 hour fixed and rotational shifts and found out that nursesdo not meet the recommended physical activity guidelines of 150 minutes per week. Additionally, the study found out that there is no correlation between PWE and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical exercise levels. Consequently, rotational and fixed 8–12-hour work shifts impede nurses ability to achieve the recommended physical exercise
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