Introduction: Although working environment and conditions has been imp roving for long time, the average turnover rate climbed to 11.0% in 2010 and remained high and the shortage of nurses is a crucial problem in Japan. Recent studies revealed the effect of exercise activity of business workers or teachers on stress reaction and well-being, however, few of them did not focus on hosp ital nurses. In this study, we aimed to clarify the relationship exercise activity and job satisfaction among nurses in Jap an. Methods: This research was carried out by two folds in a university hosp ital. First, semi-structured interview survey was carried out on 5 female nurses and 5 female nurses in November 2016 to find out factors influencing job satisfaction and dissatisfaction. Second, a questionnaire survey was carried out among 692 nurses in January 2017. The questionnaire consisted of three sections, the first of which was a face sheet. The second section was designed to investigate for exercise habit (e.g., typ es and frequency of exercise, and exercising time). The third section assessed the degree of job satisfaction and turnover intention. Results: A total of 659 nurses (female: 618; male: 4 1) participated in this study (valid response rate of 95.23%). The mean age was 29.98 years old (SD = 7.99) and the mean seniority in current hosp ital was 6.9 (SD = 5.0) years. Of the resp ondents, 304 (43.93%) reported that they "did exercise at least more than once a year, twice a year, four times, or six times, or they engaged in exercise more than every month. The frequency of exercise in a year was 11.03 times a year (SD = 29.25). With respect to job satisfaction, the high job satisfaction group had a significantly higher percentage of subjects who did exercise at least once a year compared to those who did once and not even once a year (See Figure). Conclusion: In our study, we found significant relationship between exercise activity and job satisfaction. As shown by previous studies, nurses with high job satisfaction tend to have stronger intention to continue working. This study offers imp ortant insights into effective retention p ractices that p romote exercise activity in nurse organization might bring about the decrease of turnover as well as imp roving job satisfaction of nurses.
This study was designed to achieve the following three objectives. The first objective was to ascertain the current status of sport and exercise engagement among nurses. The second objective was to examine factors affecting nursesʼ sport and exercise activities, and the third objective was to examine the relationship between nursesʼ sport and exercise activities and their job satisfaction and intention to continue working intention to stay. Design: Cross-sectional design was used. Methods: An anonymous self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted targeting 1,091 nurses at two university hospitals. Results: After excluding male nurses and missing data, the data of 891 female nurses were used in the final analyses. The findings can be summarized into the following three points; the first finding was that more than half of the nurses have not engaged in sport and exercise in the past year and running, jogging, and marathon training were the most popular among those who have engaged, the second finding was that the sport and exercise engagement rate of nurses with pre-primary children tends to be lower, and the third finding was that nurses who engaged in sport and exercise 1-2 times a week tended to have higher levels of job satisfaction and intention to continue working in terms of their relationship with their superiors, overtime and workload, approval, and sense of fulfillment compared to nurses who did not engage in sport and exercise at all. Conclusions: This research suggests the importance for medical institutions such as hospitals to try and promote engagement in sport and exercise among nurses from the viewpoint of job satisfaction and retention of nurses.
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