英文摘要 |
The purpose of this study was to investigate the exercise habits of nurses and also find out about their sources of related exercise information. One self-developed web based questionnaire was applied to all inpatients care nurses. A total of 379 respondents including 296 shift-work nurses and 83 non-shift-work nurses (e.g. head nurses) were analyzed. The results showed that more than half of the nurses (65.7%) had no exercise habits. Shift-work nurses (68.6%) tended to have less exercise habits than non-shift-work nurses (55.4%). The reasons why the two groups of nurses had no exercise habits showed statistical significance differences on lack of sport partners, incompatible work schedule and lack of interest. Compared to shift-work nurses, non-shift-work nurses showed a preference for calisthenics targeted at improving body flexibility. Shift-work nurses obtained less exercise related information than non-shift-work nurses (p < .00). When considering health promotion strategies in hospitals, some recommendations such as in-hospital sport related clubs, offering different time class schedules, nurse managers scheduling enough days off (e.g. take two days off), offering sport facilities with flexible opening hours and more aggressive delivery of exercise information to nurses would help them develop regular exercise habits in the future. |