Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2023 Apr 25:9:23779608231172655.
doi: 10.1177/23779608231172655. eCollection 2023 Jan-Dec.

Physical Activity Patterns, Satisfaction, and Quality of Life Among Nursing and non-Nursing Staff in an Office-Based Care Coordination Program

Nicolas M Oreskovic  1   2   3 , Celina Li  3 , Ann E Erwin  3
Affiliations

Physical Activity Patterns, Satisfaction, and Quality of Life Among Nursing and non-Nursing Staff in an Office-Based Care Coordination Program

Nicolas M Oreskovic et al. SAGE Open Nurs. .

Abstract

Introduction: Sedentary work is associated with poor health outcomes. Many healthcare occupations, including office-based care coordination, are largely sedentary. Many nurses do not achieve the recommended levels of daily physical activity, however, the physical activity levels among nurses working in care coordination are not known.

Objective: To assess the physical activity levels, self-reported health and well-being, overall quality of life, and work-related satisfaction of office-based care coordinators, and compare these among nursing and non-nursing staff.

Methods: This study collected objective physical activity data using accelerometry along with self-reported information on work-related quality of life and satisfaction from 42 healthcare staff working in a hospital-affiliated office-based care coordination program. Results were compared among nursing and non-nursing staff.

Results: Nurses had lower moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels compared to non-nursing staff (25 min/day vs. 45, p = .007). There were no differences in daily sedentary time, light activity, or steps between nursing and non-nursing staff. Nurses reported high quality of life scores compared to non-nursing staff (4.4 vs. 4.1, p = .02), but similar levels of work-related quality of life, happiness, self-rated health, and well-being.

Conclusion: Nurses working in an office-based care coordination program had lower levels of physical activity but reported a higher overall quality of life than non-nurse work colleagues working in a similar environment. Given known health risks associated with sedentary occupational work and the growing number of care coordination programs, health policies and initiatives aimed at increasing the physical activity levels of care coordination workers is of prime importance.

Keywords: care coordination; nursing; physical activity; quality of life.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Happy-sad scale.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Self-perceived well-being scale.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

Similar articles

See all similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. American Nurses Association. (2014). Care coordination: The game changer : how nursing is revolutionizing quality care (G. Lamb, Ed.; 1st ed.). American Nurses Association, Inc.
    1. Bakhshi S., Sun F., Murrells T., While A. (2015). Nurses’ health behaviours and physical activity-related health-promotion practices. British Journal of Community Nursing, 20(6), 289–296. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2015.20.6.289 - PubMed
    1. Cantril H. (1965). The pattern of human concerns (1st ed., pp. 22–23). Rutgers University Press.
    1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Physical Activity . Retrieved February 28, 2022, fromhttps://www.cdc.gov/physicalactivity/index.html
    1. Gross A. H., Driscoll J., Ma L. (2019). The nurse coordinator role: Fulfillment of the nursing profession’s compact with society. Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 8(1), 5. doi: 10.1186/s13584-018-0280-6 - PMC - PubMed

LinkOut - more resources