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

Tim Henwood, Anthony Tuckett and Catherine Turner

Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2012, vol. 21, issue 11‐12, 1746-1754

Abstract: 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 (

Date: 2012
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