Trial reportJournal of medical Internet research2020
Motivation Predicts Change in Nurses' Physical Activity Levels During a Web-Based Worksite Intervention: Results From a Randomized Trial.
Trial report in Journal of medical Internet research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04524572 (The Role of a Motion Sensor With Accompanying Web Application on Step Counts, Energy Balance, and Metabolic Markers in Nurses), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Role of a Motion Sensor With Accompanying Web Application on Step Counts, Energy Balance, and Metabolic Markers in Nurses
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Factors for adherence to a physical activity promotion program in the workplace: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- [On the Effectiveness of Digital Workplace Health Promotion in Times of Home Office: A Systematic Review].Gesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany)) · 2024Pooled it
- Digital Phenotyping in Health Research: Scoping Review of Methods, Gaps, and Opportunities.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Enhancing feedback by health coaching: the effectiveness of mixed methods approach to long-term physical activity changes in nurses. An intervention study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- A Simple Exercise Program for Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease to Improve Strength and Quality of Life: Clinical Research Protocol.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2023Article
- The Influence of Doing Shift Work on the Lifestyle Habits of Primary Care Nurses.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2022Article
- In Search of Digital Dopamine: How Apps Can Motivate Depressed Patients, a Review and Conceptual Analysis.Brain sciences · 2021Review
- Burnout and Physical Activity as Predictors of Job Satisfaction Among Peruvian Nurses: The Job Demands-Resources Theory.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
- Acceptance and commitment therapy for nurses' sleep, rumination, psychological flexibility, and it's neural mechanism: A randomized controlled fNIRS study.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
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Abstract
backgroundLow physical activity levels can negatively affect the health of nurses. Given the low physical activity levels reported by nurses, there is a clear need for brief and economical interventions designed to increase physical activity levels in this population. We developed a web-based intervention that used motivational strategies to increase nurses' physical activity levels. The intervention provided the nurses with feedback from an activity monitor coupled with a web-based individual, friend, or team physical activity challenge.
objectiveIn this parallel-group randomized trial, we examine whether nurses' motivation at baseline predicted changes in objectively measured physical activity levels during the 6-week intervention.
methodsThe participants were 76 nurses (n=74, 97% female; mean age 46, SD 11 years) randomly assigned to 1 of 3 physical activity challenge conditions: (1) individual, (2) friend, or (3) team. The nurses completed a web-based questionnaire designed to assess motivational regulations for physical activity levels before the intervention and wore a Tractivity activity monitor before and during the 6-week intervention. We analyzed data using multilevel modeling for repeated measures.
resultsThe nurses' physical activity levels increased (linear estimate=10.30, SE 3.15; P=.001), but the rate of change decreased over time (quadratic estimate=-2.06, SE 0.52; P<.001). External and identified regulations (ß=-2.08 to 11.55; P=.02 to .04), but not intrinsic and introjected regulations (ß=-.91 to 6.29; P=.06 to .36), predicted changes in the nurses' physical activity levels.
conclusionsOur findings provide evidence that an intervention that incorporates self-monitoring and physical activity challenges can be generally effective in increasing nurses' physical activity levels in the short term. They also suggest that drawing solely on organismic integration theory to predict changes in physical activity levels among the nurses participating in web-based worksite interventions may have been insufficient. Future research should examine additional personal (eg, self-efficacy) and occupational factors (eg, shift length and shift type) that influence physical activity levels to identify potential targets for intervention among nurses.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov NCT04524572; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04524572.
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