abstract: 'Ongoing demographic change is leading to an increasingly older society

  and a rising proportion of people in need of care in the German

  population. Therefore, the professional group of outpatient caregivers

  is highly relevant. Their work is characterised not only by interacting

  with patients in a mobile setting but also by working in shifts. Health

  behaviour under these specific working conditions is crucial for

  ensuring long-term work ability and performance. Little is known about

  the health behaviour of German outpatient caregivers and its potential

  impact on their work. The aims of the study were (1) to examine health

  behavioural patterns (nutrition, exercise, smoking, regeneration) of

  outpatient caregivers, (2) to illuminate their personal health-promoting

  behaviours, and (3) to identify potential work-related factors

  influencing their health behaviour. Fifteen problem-centred interviews

  were conducted with outpatient caregivers working in Northern Germany in

  the period January-April 2020. Interviews were analysed by using

  qualitative content analysis. Outpatient caregivers reported improvable

  nutrition and hydration, with simultaneous high coffee consumption, low

  physical activity, poor regeneration (breaks and sleep quality), and

  good personal health-promoting behaviour (e.g., back-friendly habits),

  although the majority were smokers. Barriers to the implementation of

  health-promoting behaviours were a high perception of stress due to

  increased workload and time pressure, while aids to better

  health-promoting behaviour were described as being social support and

  personal resources. The respondents perceived their working conditions

  as potentially influencing their health behaviour. On the basis of their

  descriptions, various practice-relevant strategies were derived. The

  data explore a potential need for outpatient care services to develop

  interventions on behavioural and structural levels that can help create

  healthier working conditions for their employees so these caregivers can

  adopt better health behaviours.'
affiliation: 'Mache, S (Corresponding Author), Univ Med Ctr, Hamburg Eppendorf UKE,
  Inst Occupat \& Maritime Med ZfAM, Seewartenstr 10, D-20459 Hamburg, Germany.

  Mojtahedzadeh, Natascha; Rohwer, Elisabeth; Harth, Volker; Mache, Stefanie, Univ
  Med Ctr, Hamburg Eppendorf UKE, Inst Occupat \& Maritime Med ZfAM, Seewartenstr
  10, D-20459 Hamburg, Germany.

  Neumann, Felix Alexander; Zyriax, Birgit-Christiane, Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf
  UKE, Inst Hlth Serv Res Dermatol \& Nursing IVDP, Midwifery Sci Hlth Serv Res \&
  Prevent, Martinistr 52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.

  Nienhaus, Albert, Inst Statutory Accid Insurance \& Prevent Hlth \& W, Dept Occupat
  Med Hazardous Subst \& Publ Hlth, Pappelallee 33-35-37, D-22089 Hamburg, Germany.

  Nienhaus, Albert, Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf UKE, Competence Ctr Epidemiol \&
  Hlth Serv Res Healthca, Inst Hlth Serv Res Dermatol \& Nursing IVDP, Martinistr
  52, D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.

  Augustin, Matthias, Univ Med Ctr Hamburg Eppendorf UKE, Competence Ctr Hlth Serv
  Res Vasc Dis CVvasc, Inst Hlth Serv Res Dermatol \& Nursing IVDP, Martinistr 52,
  D-20246 Hamburg, Germany.'
article-number: '5942'
author: Mojtahedzadeh, Natascha and Rohwer, Elisabeth and Neumann, Felix Alexander
  and Nienhaus, Albert and Augustin, Matthias and Zyriax, Birgit-Christiane and Harth,
  Volker and Mache, Stefanie
author-email: 'n.mojtahedzadeh@uke.de

  e.rohwer@uke.de

  fe.neumann@uke.de

  a.nienhaus@uke.de

  m.augustin@uke.de

  b.zyriax@uke.de

  harth@uke.de

  s.mache@uke.de'
author_list:
- family: Mojtahedzadeh
  given: Natascha
- family: Rohwer
  given: Elisabeth
- family: Neumann
  given: Felix Alexander
- family: Nienhaus
  given: Albert
- family: Augustin
  given: Matthias
- family: Zyriax
  given: Birgit-Christiane
- family: Harth
  given: Volker
- family: Mache
  given: Stefanie
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3390/ijerph18115942
eissn: 1660-4601
files: []
journal: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
keywords: 'health behaviour; outpatient care; regeneration; nutrition; physical

  activity; stress'
keywords-plus: 'SHIFT WORK; SLEEP QUALITY; JOB STRESS; REGISTERED NURSES;

  PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; MENTAL-HEALTH; GENDER BIAS; OCCUPATIONAL STRESS;

  WORKPLACE STRESS; NURSING-STUDENTS'
language: English
month: JUN
number: '11'
number-of-cited-references: '178'
orcid-numbers: 'Neumann, Felix Alexander/0000-0003-3107-075X

  Harth, Volker/0000-0003-4308-223X

  Nienhaus, Albert/0000-0003-1881-7302

  Mache, Stefanie/0000-0003-4979-0587

  Rohwer, Elisabeth/0000-0003-0940-0150'
papis_id: 5be0db54f04ff78b2d07ecf32e6c51c4
ref: Mojtahedzadeh2021healthbehaviour
researcherid-numbers: 'Neumann, Felix Alexander/ABG-4394-2021

  Harth, Volker/AGG-1586-2022

  Nienhaus, Albert/ISS-7060-2023

  '
times-cited: '6'
title: 'The Health Behaviour of German Outpatient Caregivers in Relation to Their
  Working Conditions: A Qualitative Study'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000659982900001
usage-count-last-180-days: '5'
usage-count-since-2013: '15'
volume: '18'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Sciences; Public, Environmental \& Occupational
  Health
year: '2021'