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- Title
Self-Care Posters Serve as a Low-Cost Option for Physical Activity Promotion of Hospital Nurses.
- Authors
Raney, Marcella; Van Zanten, Erin
- Abstract
Hospital nurses play an important role in the nation's short- and long-term patient care. At the same time, nurses often experience high levels of occupational stress and participate in low levels of physical activity (PA). The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of self-monitoring and a poster campaign on the PA behaviors of hospital nurses. Motivational and instructional exercise posters were hung in break rooms of experimental units and replaced biweekly for 8 weeks. A total of 26 nurses (control: n = 13; experimental: n = 13) wore accelerometers for 3 workdays pre-, mid-, and postintervention. Participants were provided a step counter at baseline and a PA report at each stage. Moderate to vigorous PA (MVPA) and step count (SC) increased pre- to midintervention for control (MVPA: 14.8 ± 7.6%; SC: 19.1 ± 7.8%) and experimental (MVPA: 26.7 ± 18.5%, SC: 17.6 ± 8.3%) participants. Physical activity levels returned to baseline postintervention for control (p >.05) and increased mid- to postintervention for experimental (MVPA: 16.2 ± 5.2%, SC: 10.7 ± 4.7%, p <.05) participants. In conclusion, a low-cost, self-care poster campaign may increase PA levels of hospital nurses when combined with personalized PA feedback.
- Subjects
ACCELEROMETERS; CLINICAL trials; HEALTH promotion; MOTIVATION (Psychology); POSTERS; HEALTH self-care; PRE-tests &; post-tests; PHYSICAL activity; HOSPITAL nursing staff
- Publication
Health Promotion Practice, 2019, Vol 20, Issue 3, p354
- ISSN
1524-8399
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1524839918763585