The Role of Occupational Factors in Physical Activity of Nurses Based on PRECEDE-PROCEED Model

Background: Nurses have insufficient physical activity due to occupational conditions. This study investigated occupational factors affecting their physical activity based on PRECEDEPROCEED Model. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study conducted among 161 nurses working at Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. The data were collected by simple randomization. Researcher-made tools included demographic, attitude, and PRECEDE-PROCEED constructs questionnaires. Self-Efficacy for Exercise (SEE) Scale, General Health Questionnaire(GHQ), and Beck Physical Activity questionnaire were standard tools used in the present investigation. Data were analyzed by Linear Regression and descriptive analysis. Results: The findings showed that attitude score of 96.4% of the studied nurses and self-efficacy scores of 50.9% of these nurses were higher than the overall mean scores. But they achieved scores lower than the overall mean scores in Enabling (44.1%), Reinforcing (44.7%) and Management-Organizational (29.2%) factors. Less than half of the nurses could attain scores higher than the overall mean scores of physical activity (49.1%) and general health (48.4%). There were no any significant correlations between attitude (0.922), self-efficacy (0.134), Enabling factors (0.224), Reinforcing factors (0.950), and Management- Organizational factor (0.627) with their physical activity level. But direct correlations were found among Enabling, Reinforcing, and Management-organizational factors. Conclusion: Although nurses owned enough Predisposing factors, insufficient Enabling, Reinforcing and Management- Organizational factors led them to do insufficient physical activity. Consequently, occupational factors should be provided in the workplace for nurses.