Do physical leisure time activities prevent fatigue? A 15 month prospective study of nurses' aides Export

@article{citeulike:347918, abstract = {Objective: To test the hypothesis that physical leisure time activities reduce the risk of developing persistent fatigue. Methods: The hypothesis was tested in a sample that was homogeneous with respect to sex and occupation, with a prospective cohort design. Of 6234 vocationally active, female, Norwegian nurses' aides, not on leave because of illness or pregnancy when they completed a mailed questionnaire in 1999, 5341 (85.7\%) completed a second questionnaire 15 months later. The main outcome measure was the prevalence of persistent fatigue--that is, always or usually feeling fatigued in the daytime during the preceding 14 days. Results: In participants without persistent fatigue at baseline, reported engagement in physical leisure time activities for 20 minutes or more at least once a week during the three months before baseline was associated with a reduced risk of persistent fatigue at the follow up (odds ratio = 0.70; 95\% confidence interval 0.55 to 0.89), after adjustments for age, affective symptoms, sleeping problems, musculoskeletal pain, long term health problems of any kind, smoking, marital status, tasks of a caring nature during leisure time, and work factors at baseline. Conclusion: The study supports the hypothesis that physical leisure time activities reduce the risk of developing persistent fatigue.}, author = {Eriksen, W. and Bruusgaard, D.}, citeulike-article-id = {347918}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/reprint/38/3/331}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/38/3/331}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15155438}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15155438}, day = {1}, journal = {Br J Sports Med}, keywords = {gender, psychological\_morbidity, sleep\_deprivation, work}, month = {June}, number = {3}, pages = {331--336}, posted-at = {2005-10-11 16:13:30}, priority = {4}, title = {Do physical leisure time activities prevent fatigue? A 15 month prospective study of nurses' aides}, url = {http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/reprint/38/3/331}, volume = {38}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:347918 L3 - citeulike-article-id:347918 N2 - Objective: To test the hypothesis that physical leisure time activities reduce the risk of developing persistent fatigue. Methods: The hypothesis was tested in a sample that was homogeneous with respect to sex and occupation, with a prospective cohort design. Of 6234 vocationally active, female, Norwegian nurses' aides, not on leave because of illness or pregnancy when they completed a mailed questionnaire in 1999, 5341 (85.7%) completed a second questionnaire 15 months later. The main outcome measure was the prevalence of persistent fatigue--that is, always or usually feeling fatigued in the daytime during the preceding 14 days. Results: In participants without persistent fatigue at baseline, reported engagement in physical leisure time activities for 20 minutes or more at least once a week during the three months before baseline was associated with a reduced risk of persistent fatigue at the follow up (odds ratio = 0.70; 95% confidence interval 0.55 to 0.89), after adjustments for age, affective symptoms, sleeping problems, musculoskeletal pain, long term health problems of any kind, smoking, marital status, tasks of a caring nature during leisure time, and work factors at baseline. Conclusion: The study supports the hypothesis that physical leisure time activities reduce the risk of developing persistent fatigue. IS - 3 JF - Br J Sports Med EP - 336 TI - Do physical leisure time activities prevent fatigue? A 15 month prospective study of nurses' aides VL - 38 SP - 331 KW - gender KW - psychological_morbidity KW - sleep_deprivation KW - work AU - Eriksen, W AU - Bruusgaard, D PY - 2004/06/01/ UR - http://bjsm.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/reprint/38/3/331 ER -