Working hours and health behaviour among nurses at public hospitals

Abstract

Objective: to analyse the differences between genders in the description in the professional, domestic and total work hours and assess its association with health-related behaviour among nurses. Methods: this is a transversal study carried out in 18 different public hospitals in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro. The data collection procedure was based on questionnaires. All nurses working with assistance were considered eligible (n=2,279). Results: men and women showed significant differences in relation to working hours. The female group showed longer domestic and total work hours when compared to the group of men. In contrast, the number of hours spent on professional work was higher among men. For the women, both the professional hours and total work hours were often associated with excessive consumption of fried food and also coffee, lack of physical exercise and also the greater occurrence of overweight and obesity.Conclusion: both the professional hours and the domestic work hours need to be taken into account in studies about health, self-care and also the care provided within the context of nursing workers, particularly among women. The results add weight to the need for actions for health promotion in this occupational group and the importance of assessing the impact of long working hours on the health of workers.

Health Maintenance Practices Among Nurses of a Tertiary Level Hospital of Nepal

“…3 Smoking and alcohol consumption both are directly linked to cause negative impact on our health. Our study finding share similarities with two other studies, 3,33 in that majority of nurses were occasional drinkers. In contrast, study by Ratner et al 13 and Lehman 2 reported that 6.9% and 19.7% of respondents were a risk alcohol consumer.…”

Health Maintenance Practices Among Nurses of a Tertiary Level Hospital of Nepal

“…3 Smoking and alcohol consumption both are directly linked to cause negative impact on our health. Our study finding share similarities with two other studies, 3,33 in that majority of nurses were occasional drinkers. In contrast, study by Ratner et al 13 and Lehman 2 reported that 6.9% and 19.7% of respondents were a risk alcohol consumer.…”

Comparison of barriers and facilitators of MIND diet uptake among adults from Northern Ireland and Italy

“…This finding supports previous research that found "Time" to be a barrier to eating a healthy diet [62,63]. Busy lifestyle was found to be associated with less home cooked meals [56] and poorer eating habits [64][65][66].…”

Cross cultural “behavioural diagnosis” examining the uptake of the MIND diet, using the COM-B model to inform an intervention.

“…This finding supports previous research that found "Time" to be a barrier to eating a healthy diet [60,61]. Busy lifestyle was found to be associated with less home cooked meals [52] and poorer eating habits (62)(63)(64).…”

Health Maintenance Practices Among Nurses of a Tertiary Level Hospital of Nepal

“…3 Smoking and alcohol consumption both are directly linked to cause negative impact on our health. Our study finding share similarities with two other studies, 3,33 in that majority of nurses were occasional drinkers. In contrast, study by Ratner et al 13 and Lehman 2 reported that 6.9% and 19.7% of respondents were a risk alcohol consumer.…”

Comparison of barriers and facilitators of MIND diet uptake among adults from Northern Ireland and Italy

“…This finding supports previous research that found "Time" to be a barrier to eating a healthy diet [62,63]. Busy lifestyle was found to be associated with less home cooked meals [56] and poorer eating habits [64][65][66].…”

Cross cultural “behavioural diagnosis” examining the uptake of the MIND diet, using the COM-B model to inform an intervention.

“…This finding supports previous research that found "Time" to be a barrier to eating a healthy diet [60,61]. Busy lifestyle was found to be associated with less home cooked meals [52] and poorer eating habits (62)(63)(64).…”

Health Maintenance Practices Among Nurses of a Tertiary Level Hospital of Nepal

“…3 Smoking and alcohol consumption both are directly linked to cause negative impact on our health. Our study finding share similarities with two other studies, 3,33 in that majority of nurses were occasional drinkers. In contrast, study by Ratner et al 13 and Lehman 2 reported that 6.9% and 19.7% of respondents were a risk alcohol consumer.…”

Comparison of barriers and facilitators of MIND diet uptake among adults from Northern Ireland and Italy

“…This finding supports previous research that found "Time" to be a barrier to eating a healthy diet [62,63]. Busy lifestyle was found to be associated with less home cooked meals [56] and poorer eating habits [64][65][66].…”

Cross cultural “behavioural diagnosis” examining the uptake of the MIND diet, using the COM-B model to inform an intervention.

“…This finding supports previous research that found "Time" to be a barrier to eating a healthy diet [60,61]. Busy lifestyle was found to be associated with less home cooked meals [52] and poorer eating habits (62)(63)(64).…”