Psychosocial benefits of workplace physical exercise: cluster randomized controlled trial

While benefits of workplace physical exercise on physical health is well known, little is known about the psychosocial effects of such initiatives. This study evaluates the effect of workplace versus home-based physical exercise on psychosocial factors among healthcare workers. A total of 200 female...

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Published in:BMC public health 2017-10, Vol.17 (1), p.798-798, Article 798
Main Authors: Jakobsen, Markus D, Sundstrup, Emil, Brandt, Mikkel, Andersen, Lars L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biopsychosocial
Chronic illnesses
Clinical trials
Cluster Analysis
Clusters
Community health care
Confidence intervals
Disability
Employees
Exercise
Exercise Therapy - methods
Female
Health care
Home Care Services
Humans
Intervention
Medical personnel
Mental disorders
Mental health
Motivation
Musculoskeletal disorders
Occupational health
Occupational Health Services
Pain
Personnel, Hospital - psychology
Personnel, Hospital - statistics & numerical data
Physical exercise
Physical fitness
Physiology
Public health
Questionnaires
Randomization
Social interactions
Sports training
Strength training
Treatment Outcome
Vitality
Workers
Working conditions
Working hours
Workplace
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Summary:While benefits of workplace physical exercise on physical health is well known, little is known about the psychosocial effects of such initiatives. This study evaluates the effect of workplace versus home-based physical exercise on psychosocial factors among healthcare workers. A total of 200 female healthcare workers (Age: 42.0, BMI: 24.1) from 18 departments at three hospitals were cluster-randomized to 10 weeks of: 1) home-based physical exercise (HOME) performed alone during leisure time for 10 min 5 days per week or 2) workplace physical exercise (WORK) performed in groups during working hours for 10 min 5 days per week and up to 5 group-based coaching sessions on motivation for regular physical exercise. Vitality and mental health (SF-36, scale 0-100), psychosocial work environment (COPSOQ, scale 0-100), work- and leisure disability (DASH, 0-100), control- (Bournemouth, scale 0-10) and concern about pain (Pain Catastrophizing Scale, scale 0-10) were assessed at baseline and at 10-week follow-up. Vitality as well as control and concern about pain improved more following WORK than HOME (all p 
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-017-4728-3