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  • Nursing Practice
  • Physical Activity Research

Background:

  • Nurses' physical performance impacts occupational health and patient care.
  • Understanding nurses' physically demanding tasks is crucial but poorly documented.
  • This systematic review addresses the gap in knowledge regarding nurses' occupational physical activity.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically review and examine nurses' occupational physical activity levels.
  • To explore how nurses accumulate physical activity throughout a work shift.

Main Methods:

  • A narrative systematic review guided by PRISMA standards.
  • Comprehensive search of seven major databases (e.g., MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus) from January 1990.
  • Inclusion of original research measuring nurses' physical activity objectively or subjectively; exclusion of studies not reporting nurses' data separately.

Main Results:

  • Fifteen studies met inclusion criteria, indicating nursing work is predominantly light-intensity physical activity.
  • Accumulation of physical activity often involved standing/walking during direct patient care.
  • Significant heterogeneity in reporting nursing populations and measurement tool validity/reliability was noted.

Conclusions:

  • Nurses' occupational physical activity is primarily light-intensity with some moderate-intensity tasks.
  • The impact of physical activity across shifts remains unknown.
  • This review is a foundational step in understanding nursing physical demands and their impact on well-being and patient safety.