TY - JOUR
T1 - Exercise training during working hours at a hospital department
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Molsted, Stig
AU - Justesen, Just Bendix
AU - Møller, Sofie Fønsskov
AU - Særvoll, Charlotte Ahlgren
AU - Krogh-Madsen, Rikke
AU - Pedersen, Bente Klarlund
AU - Fischer, Thea Kølsen
AU - Dalager, Tina
AU - Lindegaard, Birgitte
N1 - Copyright © 2022 American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - OBJECTIVES: This pilot study tested the use of an exercise offer to hospital employees during working hours and changes in work and health parameters.METHODS: Employees (n = 214) from a medical department on a Danish hospital were invited to 30 minutes' exercise training twice weekly for 12 weeks. Outcomes included health- and work-related parameters.RESULTS: Eighty employees (mean age, 44.4 [SD, 10.7] years; 81.3% women) completed the study. Intervention adherence was 36.3% (SD, 25.1%). Aerobic capacity increased from 34.6 (95% confidence interval [CI], 32.3 to 36.9) to 36.7 (95% CI, 34.1 to 39.4) mL O 2 /min per kilogram, P = 0.004. Blood pressure decreased from 120 (95% CI, 117 to 123)/79 (95% CI, 76 to 81) to 116 (95% CI, 112 to 120)/76 (95% CI, 74 to 79) mm Hg, P = 0.003. Waist circumference and musculoskeletal pain decreased. Well-being, social capital, and quality of life increased.CONCLUSIONS: Despite low training adherence, completers improved outcomes related to metabolic and self-rated health.
AB - OBJECTIVES: This pilot study tested the use of an exercise offer to hospital employees during working hours and changes in work and health parameters.METHODS: Employees (n = 214) from a medical department on a Danish hospital were invited to 30 minutes' exercise training twice weekly for 12 weeks. Outcomes included health- and work-related parameters.RESULTS: Eighty employees (mean age, 44.4 [SD, 10.7] years; 81.3% women) completed the study. Intervention adherence was 36.3% (SD, 25.1%). Aerobic capacity increased from 34.6 (95% confidence interval [CI], 32.3 to 36.9) to 36.7 (95% CI, 34.1 to 39.4) mL O 2 /min per kilogram, P = 0.004. Blood pressure decreased from 120 (95% CI, 117 to 123)/79 (95% CI, 76 to 81) to 116 (95% CI, 112 to 120)/76 (95% CI, 74 to 79) mm Hg, P = 0.003. Waist circumference and musculoskeletal pain decreased. Well-being, social capital, and quality of life increased.CONCLUSIONS: Despite low training adherence, completers improved outcomes related to metabolic and self-rated health.
KW - exercise training
KW - hospital
KW - musculoskeletal pain
KW - productivity
KW - quality of life
KW - well-being
KW - workplace intervention
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U2 - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002686
DO - 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002686
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35993610
SN - 1076-2752
VL - 64
SP - e744-e750
JO - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 11
ER -