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- Title
The Health and Wellbeing of Staff Members at a Tertiary Institution in New Zealand.
- Authors
Dreyer, Sonja; Dreyer, Lukas I.; Rankin, Dean M.
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine the physical, psychological and biochemical health status of staff members at a higher educational institution (Institute of Technology). Relative large numbers of subjects were identified with hypertension (18.5%), stress symptoms (32.1%), job stress (36%) and emotional exhaustion (11.4%). Thirty percent presented with more than three risk factors, 49% with one or two risk factors while only 21% were risk free. Cardiovascular fitness showed positive associations with body fat, body weight, stress, emotional exhaustion and fasting blood glucose levels. Psychological health correlated significantly (p=0.05) with measures of coronary risk, health status, body composition and cardiovascular fitness. Staff assistance programs focusing on exercise, weight management and job stress could potentially have a positive impact on overall health of staff at tertiary institutions.
- Subjects
NEW Zealand; PROFESSIONAL staff of universities &; colleges; HIGHER education; HYPERTENSION; PHYSIOLOGICAL stress; JOB stress; FATIGUE (Physiology); CARDIOVASCULAR fitness; POSTSECONDARY education; PHYSIOLOGY; EDUCATION associations
- Publication
ICHPER-SD Journal of Research in Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport & Dance, 2010, Vol 5, Issue 1, p45
- ISSN
1930-4595
- Publication type
Article