Nurses%26apos; health promoting lifestyle behaviors in a community hospital

作者：Kurnat Thoma Emma; El Banna Majeda; Oakcrum Monica; Tyroler Jill

来源：Applied Nursing Research, 2017, 35: 77-81.

DOI：10.1016/j.apnr.2017.02.012

• Healthy lifestyle behaviors
• Nurse health
• HPLP-li

Purpose: To examine nurses' health-promoting lifestyle behaviors, describe their self-reported engagement in employee wellness program benefit options, and explore relationships between nurse demographic factors, health characteristics and lifestyle behaviors.
Background: Nurses adopting unhealthy lifestyle behaviors are at significantly higher risk for developing a number of chronic diseases and are at increased susceptibility to exhaustion, job dissatisfaction and turnover. Strengthening professional nurses' abilities to engage in healthy lifestyle behaviors could serve as a valuable tool in combating negative workplace stress, promote improved work-life balance and personal well-being, and help retain qualified health-care providers.
Methods: In a 187-bed community hospital in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, we conducted an IRB-approved exploratory descriptive study. We examined 127 nurses' demographic characteristics, self-reported employer wellness program use, and measured their healthy lifestyle behaviors using the 52-item Health Promoting Lifestyle Profile-II (HPLP-II) survey instrument. Nurse demographic and HPLP-II scores were analyzed in SPSS v20.0. Inferential univariate statistical testing examined relationships between nurse demographic factors, health and job characteristics, and HPLP-II score outcomes.
Results: Nurses over 40 years old were more likely to report participation in hospital wellness program options. Statistically significant age differences were identified in total HPLP-II score (p = 0.005), and two subscale scores spiritual growth (p = 0.002) and interpersonal relations (p = 0.000). Post-hoc testing identified nurse participants 40-49 years old and >= 50 years old experienced slightly lower total HPLP-II score, subscale scores in comparison to younger colleagues.
Conclusions: Nurses >= 40 years old may benefit from additional employer support and guidance to promote and maintain healthy lifestyles, personal well-being, and positive interpersonal relationships.

• 出版日期2017-6