ISSN 2228-9453 Journal of Behavioral Science for Development Vol.5 No.1 January 2013 Page 117 The Study of Physical Activity in Daily Life for Health of Nursing Personnel and Staff in Nursing Department Siriraj Hospital and Faculty of Nursing Mahidol University 1 Pongsri Srimoragot 2 Narirat Chitramontree 3 Predaporn Seepakdee 4 Received: July 1, 2012 Accepted: July 27, 2012 Abstract Now physical activity in Bangkok life style is less than minimal requirement for maintaining healthy status. This study aims to explore physical activity in daily life for health and related support and barrier factors of nurse personals in Nursing Department Siriraj Hospital and Faculty of Nursing Mahidol University and described facilitating factors of and barriers to healthy physical activity in daily life. Among 5,653 staffs, the 578 samples were recruited by simple random sampling and asked to participate after inform consent by answering the questionnaire modified from the physical activity in daily life appraisal of Ronda and et al and CDC. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. The findings revealed that most subjects were at the middle age female and (99%) reported that muscle pain after exercising was not the barrier to their physical activity. The subjects (43%) either decreased their physical activity or maintained their regular physical activity when they had anxiety, depression or stress. Most subjects performed walking in the same building as daily activities at work everyday or more than 3 times per week (91%). Most subjects (84%) took a glass of water by themselves as activities perform at home everyday. Regarding activities for leisure time, most subjects have activities with energy expenditure at a moderate level and take care of their health at a moderate level approximately 3 times a week. 86% of subjects reported that facilitating factors for exercise are exercise policy at work (86%). Most subjects reported that the most common aspects of barrier to exercise were stress and fatigue from work (65%), and lack of time due to busy work (50%). In sum, subjects in both settings reported that physical environments, exercise equipment, administration system, and personnel (coworkers) at work, family member at home, and friends at leisure time were significant facilitating factors. Recommendations: Both setting should promoting active physical activity into practice by integrating physical activities in daily life at work, home and leisure time. In addition, everyone should select to involve in active physical activity as much as possible. This strategy would encourage staff to modify their daily life behaviors perform active physical activities with high energy expenditure. Key words: physical activity, daily life, nurses and staff 1 Granting support by CMB Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University 2 Associated Professor of Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University Email address: pongsri.sri@mahidol.ac.th, Tel.668-1699-6330 3 Assistant Professor, Fundamental Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Mahidol University 4 Clinical Nurses Specialist Former Head of Research and Academic Section, Nursing Department, Siriraj Hospital Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital
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