Work‐Related Physical Activity Among Cardiovascular Specialists

Thura, T.; Kobylivker, Andrew; Perry, Adam; Miller, James; Sperling, Laurence

doi:10.1002/clc.21954

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“…The results of this study are in line with Abd et al (2012), who showed that cardiologists and cardiac surgeons achieved a similar level of physical activity of 5000 to 6000 steps per day (Abd et al 2012). According to the pedometer index of Tudor-Locke and Bassett (2004), the work-related physical activity of physiotherapists in Germany should be classified as 'low active' (Tudor-Locke and Bassett 2004).…”

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“…The creation of activity-promoting infrastructure at work can also be beneficial for medical personnel; for example, it was shown that cardiologists only walked between 5000 and 6000 steps per working day (Abd et al 2012), instead of the recommended amount of 10,000 to 12,000 steps per day (Rütten and Pfeifer 2016). In the German healthcare system, there are approximately 197,000 physiotherapists (Statistisches Bundesamt 2019).…”

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Physical activity of physiotherapists in Germany: a cross-sectional study

Elsner

Völker

Heinzmann

et al. 2020

J Public Health (Berl.)

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Aim We aimed to quantify the work-related physical activity of physiotherapists in Germany. Subjects and methods We included working physiotherapists aged between 18 and 65 years in Germany. We excluded physiotherapists working less than 20 h a week. We measured our primary outcome, work-related physical activity, by the average number of steps taken daily during work, standardized on an 8-h working day. We controlled the main outcome for potential confounders, such as working hours per week, age, weekday, and clinical setting (outpatient vs. inpatient), by multivariate linear regression analysis. We used R statistics for all statistical analyses. Results We included 35 participants (7 outpatient and 28 inpatient), with a median age category of 20-29 years. Our participants had a mean work-related physical activity of 6614 steps (95% confidence interval, CI [6118; 7111]) per workday. Higher age, outpatient clinical setting, and working full time were associated with lower step count, but these associations were not statistically significant. Conclusions The work-related physical activity of physiotherapists in Germany is comparable with results from other countries and can be regarded as 'low'. Our result, however, might be affected by volunteer bias and gender effects. Further research should identify high-risk groups in the profession for cost-effective prevention.

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Physical activity of physiotherapists in Germany: a cross-sectional study

Elsner

Völker

Heinzmann

et al. 2020

J Public Health (Berl.)

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“…The nature of the work performed by outpatient rehabilitation therapist may limit the requirements for therapists to walk during their workday. When compared to other healthcare professionals working in the inpatient environment, our study reported lower step counts for PTs as compared to the physicians working in an urban medical center [ 23 ]. They assessed the average daily step counts for general cardiologists, CT surgeons, procedural cardiologists, and cardiac anesthesiologists using a pedometer and found daily step counts of 6540, 6039, 5910 and 5553, respectively.…”

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A comparison of work-related physical activity levels between inpatient and outpatient physical therapists: an observational cohort trial

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BackgroundPhysical therapists (PTs) work in a variety of healthcare settings with varied levels of physical activity demands placed on them. The purpose of this study is to compare the physical activity (PA) levels between PTs in inpatient versus outpatient environments for one work week using a cross-sectional design.MethodsSixty-one PTs (30 inpatient, 31 outpatient) wore a tri-axial accelerometer and inclinometer for one work-week. The number steps-per-day, PA intensities, energy expenditures and postural positions adopted during the work day were recorded.ResultSignificantly longer amounts of time spent sitting was found for inpatient PTs regardless of the significantly higher number of steps-per-day. Outpatient PTs had a higher number of breaks from sedentary activity with those breaks being longer than the inpatient PTs. The percentage of time spent performing moderate-vigorous PA approached significance implying more time was spent performing these types of activities for outpatient PTs. The energy expenditures between the two groups of PTs were not different.ConclusionThis study compared the differences in physical activity levels between physical therapists who worked at inpatient versus outpatient environment as little is known about their activity levels. Inpatient physical therapists took more steps per day than outpatient physical therapists but the outpatient physical therapists were less sedentary and took more frequent and longer breaks from sedentary activities. The energy expenditures were similar between both types of therapists and this may be reflective of the gender and bodyweight differences between the groups that equalizes the energy expenditures. The findings of this study suggests that there are differences in the physical activity demands between inpatient and outpatient physical therapists. The results of this study may serve dual purposes: (1) employers may be able to more accurately describe the expected physical activity demands to future employees; (2) individuals tasked with preparing PTs to physically manage their work environment can outline training programs that are diverse based on the specific work environment of PTs.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13104-016-2119-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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“…Weitere Studien belegen ein mittleres Schrittpensum von durchschnittlich 4.000 bis 6.500 Schritte pro Tag in der Bevölkerung bzw. ein Schrittdefizit von 3.500 bis 6.000 Schritte pro Tag in Bezug auf das empfohlene Schrittpensum von täglich 10.000 Schritten [1,35].…”

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“…das Gehpensum in Schritten pro Tag objektiv zu erfassen [1,36] sowie eine motivationale Unterstützung zur Förderung von körperlicher Aktivität zu geben [30]. Die wissenschaftliche Literatur belegt positive gesundheitliche Effekte sowie eine nachweisbare Steigerung der körperlichen Aktivität durch inner-bzw.…”

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