Comorbidity, Eating Behaviors and Smartphone Addiction in Italian Nurses' Characteristics

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BACKGROUND: Evidence suggested how nurses experienced worse lifestyles than the general population by recording deterioration rates in healthy conditions.

AIM: To assess differences between comorbidity, eating behavior, and smartphone addiction according to sex, Body Mass Index (BMI), age, work experience, shift, alcohol assumption, and physical activity in Italian nurses.

METHODS: An online questionnaire was spread through some professional internet pages. Data included demographic characteristics, the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), the Italian Version of the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire, and the Smartphone Addiction Scale (SASSV).

RESULTS: A total of 456 nurses were recruited. Significant differences were registered in the smartphone addiction score (p=0.030) and BMI scores and work experience (p=0.001), as underweight participants reported higher scores in the smartphone addiction attitude (2.4714 ± 1.25812) than the other subjects and also participants with the highest number of years in work experience also reported higher smartphone addiction scores (2.8074 ± 1.2022). Significant difference was reported in the CCI scores according to age (p<0.001): subjects aged over 61 years recorded higher scores in the CCI (1.67 ± 1.528) and also according to work experience and CCI scores (p<0.001), as participants employed between 21 and 30 years reported higher scores in the CCI (1.27 ± 1.382) and also to night shift (p=0.037), as participants who worked during the night shift also reported higher scores in the CCI. A significant difference was reported only for restrained eating attitude (p=0.034), as participants who declared to assume alcohol 2-3 times per month recorded higher levels in this eating attitude aspect (32.32 ± 7.181).

CONCLUSION: Female nurses, overweight and obese nurses with low physical activity practice, seemed to spend more time with their smartphones. Healthcare organizations should consider findings to prevent unhealthy lifestyles among nurses, which could negatively influence the whole healthcare system.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

Enthalten in:

Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets - (2024) vom: 19. Jan.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Vitale, Elsa [VerfasserIn]
Mea, Rocco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Body Mass Index
Comorbidity
Eating Behaviour
Journal Article
Nurse
Physical Activity
Smartphone Addiction

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Date Revised 06.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.2174/0118715303271067231129103920

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368067262