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- Title
Quality of life and physical activity in intensive care professionals from middle São Francisco.
- Authors
Beto Freire, Cícero; Freitas Dias, Ricardo; Schwingel, Paulo Adriano; Tenório de França, Eduardo Eriko; Dias de Andrade, Flávio Maciel; Costa, Emilia Chagas; de Valois Correia Junior, Marco Aurélio
- Abstract
Objective: the objective was to assess the level of physical activity (LPA) and the quality of life QL of the professionals who work in ICU. Method: this was a cross-sectional study carried out in Adult ICUs. LPA was assessed by the International Questionnarie of Physical Activity - short form (IQPA-SF) and the QL by the Medical Outcomes Study 36 (SF-36) questionnaire. Results: it was classified active 50.89% out of a total of 59 professionals. Nursing technicians were considered the most active with 60.6%. The QL of the professionals who were considered active were better when compared to inactives, with statistical differences to the category of physical aspects limitation, social aspects and mental health. The working hours were higher than recommend, the physicians were higher than the physical therapist, nurses and technicians nurses (p = 0.046). Conclusion: physically active professionals who work in ICU had higher quality of life probably why have lower hours of work and consequently more free time to engage in physical activity.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; CHI-squared test; COMPARATIVE studies; ALCOHOL drinking; FISHER exact test; HEALTH care teams; HEALTH surveys; HOSPITAL medical staff; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; INTENSIVE care nursing; INTENSIVE care units; INTERVIEWING; RESEARCH methodology; NURSES' aides; PHYSICAL therapists; QUALITY of life; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; T-test (Statistics); BODY mass index; CROSS-sectional method; PHYSICAL activity; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HOSPITAL nursing staff; MANN Whitney U Test; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test; ONE-way analysis of variance
- Publication
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2015, Vol 68, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
0034-7167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/0034-7167.2015680104i