Background Nurses have high rates of overweight and obesity, and physical inactivity is one key determinant of weight gain. Aims The present study aims to quantify nurses’ energy expenditure over a standard 12-hour shift to establish whether activity levels at work...
Background: Identifying when and where people overeat is important for intervention design, yet little is known about how unhealthy behaviours unfold in real life. Aim: To track the activities, social contexts and locations that co-occur with unhealthy snacking....
Background Stress in health care professionals may reflect both the work and appraisal of work and impacts on the individuals, their patients, colleagues and managers. Purpose The purpose of the present study is to examine physiological and psychological effects of...
Background: Fatigue increases throughout the working day and may lead to inefficiency and errors. Why do people become fatigued: because of the cumulative effects of energy expenditure (EE), the stress experienced or the accumulation of ego depleting demands? These...
Aim To examine the effects of nursing tasks (including their physiological and psychological demands, and the moderating effects of reward and control) on distress and job performance in real time. Background Nurses working in hospital settings report high levels of...
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