Physical activities and influencing factors among public health nurses: a cross-sectional study

ObjectivesPublic health nurses are responsible for promoting and managing the health of community members, and if they do not have enough physical activity or ignore their own health, not only will their own health decline but the quality of life of the public will also be affected. This study inves...

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Published in:BMJ open 2018-04, Vol.8 (4), p.e019959-e019959
Main Authors: Lin, Miao-Ling, Huang, Joh-Jong, Chuang, Hung-Yi, Tsai, Hsiu-Min, Wang, Hsiu-Hung
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Back pain
Behavior
Cancer
Cardiovascular disease
Community
Cross-Sectional Studies
Exercise
Exercise - psychology
Female
Health Behavior
Health care
Health facilities
Health promotion
Health risk assessment
Health services
Humans
Middle Aged
Nurses
Nurses, Public Health - psychology
Personal health
Primary care
Public Health
Surveys and Questionnaires
Taiwan
Womens health
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Summary:ObjectivesPublic health nurses are responsible for promoting and managing the health of community members, and if they do not have enough physical activity or ignore their own health, not only will their own health decline but the quality of life of the public will also be affected. This study investigated the physical activity of public health nurses and analysed the effects of attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control and behavioural intention to engage in physical activity.MethodsThis study adopted a cross-sectional research design, and convenience sampling was used to select the research subjects. 198 public health nurses were invited to participate, and 172 completed the questionnaire. Multiple linear regression was used to analyse the influencing factors of physical activity intention and physical activity.ResultsAttitudes towards physical activity and perceived behavioural control of physical activity affected physical activity intention. When they had higher behavioural intention, their physical activity behaviour also improved. The physical activity intention significantly influenced the number of days that they had engaged in vigorous physical activity (95% CI 0.1786 to 0.3060, p
ISSN:2044-6055
2044-6055
DOI:10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019959