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Volume 10, Issue 3 (2022)
Health Educ Health Promot 2022, 10(3): 433-441 |
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Received: 2022/05/9 | Accepted: 2022/07/21 | Published: 2022/08/10
Received: 2022/05/9 | Accepted: 2022/07/21 | Published: 2022/08/10
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Sklempe Kokic I, Barusic Z, Crnkovic Knezevic M, Benko Mestrovic S, Duvnjak I. Physical Activity and Health-Promoting Behaviours of Nurses and Physiotherapists: a Cross-Sectional Survey. Health Educ Health Promot 2022; 10 (3) :433-441
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I. Sklempe Kokic *1 
, Z. Barusic2 , M. Crnkovic Knezevic3 , S. Benko Mestrovic4 , I. Duvnjak1
, Z. Barusic2 , M. Crnkovic Knezevic3 , S. Benko Mestrovic4 , I. Duvnjak1
1- Faculty of Kinesiology Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Osijek, Croatia
2- Community Care Institution Jadranka Pluzaric, Osijek, Croatia
3- Department of Health Studies, College of Applied Sciences, Lavoslav Ruzicka in Vukovar, Vukovar, Croatia
4- Special Hospital for Lung Disease, Zagreb, Croatia
2- Community Care Institution Jadranka Pluzaric, Osijek, Croatia
3- Department of Health Studies, College of Applied Sciences, Lavoslav Ruzicka in Vukovar, Vukovar, Croatia
4- Special Hospital for Lung Disease, Zagreb, Croatia
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Aims: There are still limited data regarding the health-promoting behavior of healthcare workers in different work settings. This study aimed to investigate and compare health-promoting behavior including levels of physical activity and health-related quality of life among nurses and physiotherapists across different work settings.
Instrument & Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Croatia among a convenience sample of 253 physiotherapists and nurses by demographic and work characteristics, health-promoting lifestyle profile II, International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Long Form, and the new five-level version of EQ-5D questionnaire. Participants were compared by gender, profession, and work setting.
Findings: The only differences in the HPLP-II scores were found for the sub-scale health responsibility where female participants and those working in community care scored higher (p<0.001; p=0.038). Ratings of the overall health status were higher for male respondents (p=0.030). Male respondents accumulated higher levels of physical activity in the work and leisure domain as well as vigorous-intensity physical activity (p=0.034; p=0.001; p=0.004). Nurses accumulated higher levels of moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity (p=0.021; p=0.034). There was a positive relationship between the rating of the overall health status and levels of physical activity in the domain of leisure (p=0.047).
Conclusion: Nurses and physiotherapists reported high levels of physical activity, but relatively low levels of leisure-time physical activity. There is a positive relationship between leisure-time physical activity, health-related quality of life, and health-promoting behavior.
Instrument & Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in Croatia among a convenience sample of 253 physiotherapists and nurses by demographic and work characteristics, health-promoting lifestyle profile II, International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Long Form, and the new five-level version of EQ-5D questionnaire. Participants were compared by gender, profession, and work setting.
Findings: The only differences in the HPLP-II scores were found for the sub-scale health responsibility where female participants and those working in community care scored higher (p<0.001; p=0.038). Ratings of the overall health status were higher for male respondents (p=0.030). Male respondents accumulated higher levels of physical activity in the work and leisure domain as well as vigorous-intensity physical activity (p=0.034; p=0.001; p=0.004). Nurses accumulated higher levels of moderate- and vigorous-intensity physical activity (p=0.021; p=0.034). There was a positive relationship between the rating of the overall health status and levels of physical activity in the domain of leisure (p=0.047).
Conclusion: Nurses and physiotherapists reported high levels of physical activity, but relatively low levels of leisure-time physical activity. There is a positive relationship between leisure-time physical activity, health-related quality of life, and health-promoting behavior.
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