中部某醫學中心護理人員體適能概況

Physical Fitness Among Nurses at a Medical Center in Central Taiwan

護理人員以照護病患的健康為使命，忙碌的工作常造成肌肉骨骼的傷害，體適能的下降。本研究目的即在了解中部某醫學中心護理人員健康體適能概況。研究採橫斷設計，針對中部某醫學中心工作滿三個月以上的護理人員進行體適能測試，共有343位護理人員參與本研究。研究資料以SAS統計軟體進行分析，研究結果發現中部某醫學中心護理人員的體適能呈「略差」的趨勢。身體質量指數方面以「略瘦」者居多，佔56.42％；背肌耐力及心肺適能亦以「略差」者佔多數，各佔53.64％，54.23％，柔軟度偏「差」者也居多，佔51.31％；但在握力及腹肌耐力方面，呈現「好」的趨勢，尤其以加護病房及內外科病房的護理人員更為顯著。本研究結果希望提供護理人員做自我健康管理的參考，也希望在醫療環境中，除了照顧病患的健康外，員工的健康更值得主管重視，才能讓醫院永續經營。

Taking care of patients’ health is nurses’ major mission. However, the busy tasks usually hurt nurses’ muscle and skeleton system as well as influence their physical fitness. The purpose of this study was to understand the general situation of nurses’ physical fitness at a medical center in central Taiwan. This cross-sectional study included 343 nurses whose physical fitness were tested during September and October in 2003. The results indicated that subjects’ average physical fitness was slightly poor. Fifty six percent of their body mass index was slightly thin. Most of their back muscle tolerance (53.64%) and cardio-pulmonary fitness (54.23%) were slightly poor. Most of their soft level was poor (51.31%), but their holding and abdominal power were good, especially those who worked in the ICU and medicalsurgical units. The results of this study provided nurses a reference of self-health management and drew administrative executives’ attention about nurses’ general health status.