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Nurses' health-related behaviours: protocol for a quantitative systematic review of prevalence of tobacco smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and dietary habits

Neall, Rosie A.; Atherton, Iain M.; Kyle, Richard G.

Authors

Rosie A. Neall

Richard G. Kyle



Abstract

Aim
To enumerate nurses' health-related behaviour by critically appraising studies on tobacco smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and dietary habits.

Background
Nurses represent the largest occupational group in healthcare systems internationally and have an established and expanding public health role. Nurses own health-related behaviour is known to impact nurses' ability and confidence to engage in health promotion, and how patients receive and respond to advice and guidance nurses' give. However, there has been no comprehensive and comparable assessment of evidence on nurses' health-related behaviours.

Design
Quantitative systematic review of prevalence of tobacco smoking, physical activity, alcohol consumption and dietary habits.

Methods
Systematic searches for literature published between January 2000 and February 2015 and indexed in Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Psychological Information. Eligibility criteria will be applied to titles and abstracts by two reviewers independently. Full text will be reviewed and the same criteria and process applied. Two reviewers will independently assess study quality guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute handbook for the systematic review of prevalence and incidence data. Discrepancies in eligibility or quality assessment will be resolved through discussion and, where required, a third reviewer. Data synthesis will be conducted and findings reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses checklist.

Discussion
Enumerating prevalence of nurses' health-related behaviours is crucial to direct future research, inform public health policy, particularly around health promotion and to better support the nursing workforce through the development of behaviour change interventions.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 13, 2015
Online Publication Date Jul 30, 2015
Publication Date 2016-01
Deposit Date Aug 1, 2016
Journal Journal of Advanced Nursing
Print ISSN 0309-2402
Electronic ISSN 1365-2648
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 72
Issue 1
Pages 197-204
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12739
Keywords alcohol consumption; dietary habits; health-related behaviour; nursing; physical activity; smoking; systematic review
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/320521