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Does Childcare Work Promote Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Health? A Cross-Sectional Study of Danish Childcare Workers Based on Accelerometry and Heart Rate Measurements
- Source :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12496, p 12496 (2021), Schmidt, K G, Kildedal, R, Lerche, A F, Vilhelmsen, M, Rasmussen, C L, Mathiassen, S E, Straker, L & Holtermann, A 2021, ' Does childcare work promote cardiorespiratory fitness and health? A cross-sectional study of danish childcare workers based on accelerometry and heart rate measurements ', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 18, no. 23, 12496 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182312496, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health; Volume 18; Issue 23; Pages: 12496
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI, 2021.
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Abstract
- Childcare workers are reported to have poor cardiorespiratory fitness and health. The Goldilocks Work Principle argues that productive work should be designed with the right composition, intensity and alternations of physical behaviors so that workers get fit and healthy. The purpose of this study was to investigate: (1) composition, (2) intensity and (3) alternations of physical behaviors during work and leisure among childcare workers. Data were collected using accelerometers and heart rate monitors over five workdays among 51 childcare workers at five Danish childcare institutions. Workers mainly spent their work time sedentary (43.0%), spent little time (0.7%) at sufficiently high cardiometabolic intensity to increase cardiorespiratory fitness and often alternated between physical behaviors (67.0% occurred in bouts of
- Subjects :
- Cross-sectional study
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Denmark
childcare workers
Goldilocks Work Principle
physical behaviors
high cardiometabolic intensity
workplace
High cardiometabolic intensity
Article
Danish
Work time
Arbetsmedicin och miljömedicin
Heart Rate
Environmental health
Heart rate
Accelerometry
Medicine
Humans
Child Care
Workplace
Child
Sedentary time
business.industry
Work (physics)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Cardiorespiratory fitness
Occupational Health and Environmental Health
language.human_language
Childcare workers
Physical behaviors
Cross-Sectional Studies
Cardiorespiratory Fitness
language
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 16604601 and 16617827
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 23
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e962bb6e50ccf8ae17c7837217a902cc