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What makes a healthier nurse, workplace or leisure physical activity? Informed by the Australian and New Zealand e‐Cohort Study

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  • Tim Henwood
  • Anthony Tuckett
  • Catherine Turner

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Aim and objective. To investigate health differences between nurses who report meeting the daily physical activity recommendations in or away from the workplace. Background. Adhering to the national physical activity recommendations has known health benefits. Whilst often considered a workplace active profession, data are emerging of poor health amongst nurses. However, health differences between workplace or leisure‐time physically active nurses are understudied. Design. The investigation is an observation study of Australian and New Zealand nurses. Data were generated from the longitudinal, population‐based, observational e‐Cohort nursing survey. Methods. Data were informed and groups defined by the self‐reported minutes per day of moderate physical activity collected from a large international survey of practicing nurses (n = 2264). Groups were: Group (G) 1 – high workplace (≥30 minutes/day)/high leisure (≥30 minutes/day), G2 – high workplace/low leisure (

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  • Tim Henwood & Anthony Tuckett & Catherine Turner, 2012. "What makes a healthier nurse, workplace or leisure physical activity? Informed by the Australian and New Zealand e‐Cohort Study," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 21(11‐12), pages 1746-1754, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:21:y:2012:i:11-12:p:1746-1754
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03994.x
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    1. Katarzyna Wesołowska-Górniak & Agnieszka Nerek & Lena Serafin & Bożena Czarkowska-Pączek, 2022. "The Relationship between Sociodemographic, Professional, and Incentive Factors and Self-Reported Level of Physical Activity in the Nurse Population: A Cross-Sectional Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(12), pages 1-16, June.
    2. Yeongmi Ha & Sang-Ho Lee & Dong-Ha Lee & Young-Hun Kang & Woonjoo Choi & Jinung An, 2022. "Effectiveness of a Mobile Wellness Program for Nurses with Rotating Shifts during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Cluster-Randomized Trial," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(2), pages 1-11, January.

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