Relationships between Personal Factors, Attitude, and Physical Activity Counseling Behaviors in Professional Nurses
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This correlational research aimed to examine the relationship between nurses’personal factors, attitude towards physical activity, and physical activity counseling behaviors to their patients. The sample included 74 nurses in the outpatient department in a university hospital. The instruments used in the study were the questionnaires to elicit demographic data, attitude towards physical activity, and physical activity
counseling behaviors. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient. The results revealed that all participants were female with a mean age of 38.15 years and the median of work experience was 13 years. Half of them had normal body mass index (BMI) and had no underlying diseases.The majority of their physical activity behaviors were exercised sometimes. Nurses had an attitude towards physical activity at a high level, but their physical activity counseling behaviors were low. The frequency of exercise was positively associated with counseling behaviors. However, age, work experience, BMI, and attitude were not significantly associated with physical activity counseling behaviors. The results serve as information for the administrators to broaden scopes of nursing practice in line with the goal of the Thai National Health Development Plan. Moreover, employers should support the health
promotion program for employees to increase their physical activity level and realize physical activity as part of the health promotion and treatment program for clients.
Keywords: Counseling behaviors, Physical activity, Attitude towards physical activity,
Professional nurses
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บทความ ข้อมูล เนื้อหา รูปภาพ ฯลฯ ที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์ในรามาธิบดีพยาบาลสาร ถือเป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวารสาร หากบุคคลหรือหน่วยงานใดต้องการนำทั้งหมดหรือส่วนหนึ่งส่วนใดไปเผยแพร่หรือเพื่อกระทำการใด ใด จะต้องได้รับอนุญาตเป็นลายลักษณ์อักษรจากรามาธิบดีพยาบาลสารก่อนเท่านั้น
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