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Employee Physical Activity in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic: A Baseline Pilot Study
Purpose: Studies examining the physical activity of employees within an outpatient oncology setting are absent. The goal of this pilot study was to collect baseline data on the daily activity of employees in varying job descriptions at a satellite outpatient oncology clinic of a large academic medic...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30868017 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3803 |
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author | Reed, Valerie Kaw, Anita Patel, Hiral Arzu, Isidora Mayo, Lauren Cohen, Lorenzo Rosenthal, David Shah, Shalin |
author_facet | Reed, Valerie Kaw, Anita Patel, Hiral Arzu, Isidora Mayo, Lauren Cohen, Lorenzo Rosenthal, David Shah, Shalin |
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description | Purpose: Studies examining the physical activity of employees within an outpatient oncology setting are absent. The goal of this pilot study was to collect baseline data on the daily activity of employees in varying job descriptions at a satellite outpatient oncology clinic of a large academic medical center. Methods: A total of 40 employees (out of a total of 55) were accrued on this clinical trial. Each employee was given a pedometer to wear at work for a total of 20 business days, with instructions not to alter their baseline activities. Employees recorded their daily workplace pedometer activity on a personalized chart. Baseline vital signs, as well as their general job title, were recorded. Results: Of the 40, 36 employees (90%) completed the study. The average steps per workday for all employees were 4455 +/- 2051, which is significantly less than the recommended 10,000 steps per day (p <0.001). There was a statistically significant difference in activity between various job descriptions, with radiation therapists having the highest daily mean steps (8853 +/- 930) and front desk staff having the lowest mean steps (3147 +/- 1010), p<0.001). Conclusion: Employees at a satellite outpatient oncology clinic of a large academic center, on average, do not meet the surgeon general’s recommendations for daily physical activity at the workplace, with only radiation therapists approaching the recommended steps. |
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spelling | pubmed-64027262019-03-13 Employee Physical Activity in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic: A Baseline Pilot Study Reed, Valerie Kaw, Anita Patel, Hiral Arzu, Isidora Mayo, Lauren Cohen, Lorenzo Rosenthal, David Shah, Shalin Cureus Radiation Oncology Purpose: Studies examining the physical activity of employees within an outpatient oncology setting are absent. The goal of this pilot study was to collect baseline data on the daily activity of employees in varying job descriptions at a satellite outpatient oncology clinic of a large academic medical center. Methods: A total of 40 employees (out of a total of 55) were accrued on this clinical trial. Each employee was given a pedometer to wear at work for a total of 20 business days, with instructions not to alter their baseline activities. Employees recorded their daily workplace pedometer activity on a personalized chart. Baseline vital signs, as well as their general job title, were recorded. Results: Of the 40, 36 employees (90%) completed the study. The average steps per workday for all employees were 4455 +/- 2051, which is significantly less than the recommended 10,000 steps per day (p <0.001). There was a statistically significant difference in activity between various job descriptions, with radiation therapists having the highest daily mean steps (8853 +/- 930) and front desk staff having the lowest mean steps (3147 +/- 1010), p<0.001). Conclusion: Employees at a satellite outpatient oncology clinic of a large academic center, on average, do not meet the surgeon general’s recommendations for daily physical activity at the workplace, with only radiation therapists approaching the recommended steps. Cureus 2018-12-31 /pmc/articles/PMC6402726/ /pubmed/30868017 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3803 Text en Copyright © 2018, Reed et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Radiation Oncology Reed, Valerie Kaw, Anita Patel, Hiral Arzu, Isidora Mayo, Lauren Cohen, Lorenzo Rosenthal, David Shah, Shalin Employee Physical Activity in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic: A Baseline Pilot Study |
title | Employee Physical Activity in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic: A Baseline Pilot Study |
title_full | Employee Physical Activity in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic: A Baseline Pilot Study |
title_fullStr | Employee Physical Activity in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic: A Baseline Pilot Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Employee Physical Activity in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic: A Baseline Pilot Study |
title_short | Employee Physical Activity in an Outpatient Oncology Clinic: A Baseline Pilot Study |
title_sort | employee physical activity in an outpatient oncology clinic: a baseline pilot study |
topic | Radiation Oncology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6402726/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30868017 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.3803 |
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