The Effect of Eight Weeks of Resistance Training on the Quality of Work Life and Body Composition in Female Physicians

Subject Areas : Open Access

azita  bordbar ¹ (Department of Sports Management, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran)
vahid  rafiee ² (Department of Sports Management, Marvdasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht, Iran)
amin  rayat ³ (Department of Sports Management, University of Tehran, Kish International Campus, Tehran, Iran)

Received: 2021-10-03 Accepted : 2021-10-31 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: Quality of Work Life, Resistance training, body composition, Physician,

Abstract :

Introduction: Quality of work life refers to the satisfaction of employees with different needs through resources, activities and the results of being at work. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of eight weeks of resistance training on the quality of work life and body composition in female physicians. Materials and methods: In this quasi-experimental study, 20 female general practitioners referring to Shiraz Guard Sports Club were selected as the statistical sample and were divided into training and control groups. The training group performed resistance training for eight weeks and three sessions per week. Also, the control group had only their daily activities during this period. Before training and 24 hours after the last training session, body composition was measured by the body composition device and quality of work life by the Walton Quality of Life Questionnaire. Shapiro-Wilk, independent and dependent t-tests were used to analyze the findings (P≥0.05). Findings: There were significant differences in changes in total body water (P=0.27), protein mass (P=0.24), mineral mass (P=0.09), net body mass (P=0.97), fat mass (P=0.84) and no quality of work life (P=0.23) was seen in the training and control groups in the post-test compared to the pre-test. Conclusion: It seems that the resistance training protocol of the present study does not have a significant effect on improving the quality of work life and body composition of physicians.

References:

1. Liang Y, Wang H, Tao X. Quality of life of young clinical doctors in public hospitals in China’s developed cities as measured by the Nottingham Health Profile (NHP). Int J Equity Health. 2015; 14: 85. [DOI:1186/s12939-015-0199-2] [PMID:26400673] [PMCID:PMC4581107]


2. Janati A, Sabbaghi A, Ghoddousinejad J, Baghban Baghestan E. Assessing the Quality of Work life of General Practitioners of Health Centers in Tabriz District: 2013. Depiction Health. 2014; 5(2): 27- 31. https://doh.tbzmed.ac.ir/Article/doh-96


3. Bragard I, Dupuis G, Razavi D, Reynaert C, Etienne AM. Quality of work life in doctors working with cancer patients. Occup Med (Lond). 2012; 62 (1): 34- 40. [DOI:1093/occmed/kqr149] [PMID:22039092]


4. Navidi I, Ghofranipour F, Taheri Z, Khorsandi M. The effect of morning exercise on quality of life among health center staff in arak city: A short report. J Rafsanjan Univ Med Sci. 2014; 14 (2): 161- 66. http://journal.rums.ac.ir/article-1-2393-en.html


5. Sallis R. Exercise is medicine: a call to action for physicians to assess and prescribe exercise. Phys Sports 2015; 43 (1): 22- 26. [DOI:10.1080/00913847.2015.1001938] [PMID:25684558]


6. Khousravizadeh E, Khalaji H, Shavandi N. Status of physical activity, quality of work life and job stress Arak University employees. Contem Stud Sport Manage. 2014; 3 (6): 61- 72.


7. Arab M, Shabaninejad H, Rashidian A, Rahimi A, Purketabi K. A survey on working life quality of specialists working in affiliated hospitals of TUMS. J Hosp. 2013; 11 (4): 19- 24. http://jhosp.tums.ac.ir/article-1-10-en.html


8. Haghjoo M, zar A, Hoseini S A. The Effect of 8 weeks Zumba training on women’s body composition with overweight. JMJ. 2016; 14 (2): 21- 30. https://jmj.jums.ac.ir/article-1-684-en.pdf


9. Saghebjoo M, Dastigerdi S, Afzalpour M E, Hedayati M. Effects of aerobic and resistance training on plasma visfatin levels in overweight women. Koomesh. 2012; 13 (2): 225- 232. http://koomeshjournal.semums.ac.ir/article-1-1166-en.html


10. Hosseini SA, Kazemi N, Shadmehri S, Jalili Sh, Ahmadi M. The effect of resistance training in water and land with vitamin D supplementation on anti- mullerian hormone in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. Women Health Bull. 2019; 6 (2): e84882. [DOI:5812/WHB.84882]


11. Zar A, Hoseini S, Pakdel E, Ahmadi F. The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the elder women of Shiraz nursing homes in 2016 and its association with physical activity. JOGE. 2018; 2 (4): 1- 10. [DOI:29252/joge.2.4.1]


12. Sternlicht E, Frisch F, Sumida KD. Zumba ® Fitness workouts: are they an appropriate alternative to running or cycling. Sport Sci Health. 2013; 9: 155- 159. [DOI:10.1007/s11332-013-0155-8]


13. Luettgen M, Foster C, Doberstein S, Mikat R, Porcari J. ZUMBA®: Is the “fitness-party” a good workout. J Sports Sci Med. 2012; 11 (2): 357- 358. [PMID:24137072] [PMCID:PMC3737860]


14. Malek N, Shakhis F, Ghojeli A. Compare the effect of physical activity complex and aerobic fitness on level of girls’ students of Tehran university. J Harkat. 2002; 8 (1): 93- 102.


15. Razavi T, Jafari A. Comparison of two type of training one session and two sessions in a week on physical fitness of students in Tehran university. J Harkat. 2001; 5 (1): 5- 23.


16. Saedi S, Khalatbari J. Relationship between quality of work life and organizational health with job satisfaction. J Modern Indust Orga Psychol. 2010; 1 (4): 55- 64.


17. Nikoie moghaddam M, Ghorbaninia R, Kamiabi A, Behzadi F, Mehrabian M. Assessment of the family physicians quality of working life in Kerman province 2010. J Med Council Iran. 2015; 33 (2): 101- 109. http://jmciri.ir/article-1-1772-en.html


18. Shabaninejad H, Arab M, Rashidian A, Zeraati H, Bahrami S. Quality of working life of family physicians in Mazandaran. Hakim Health Sys Res. 2012; 15 (2): 178- 184.


19. Weight CJ, Sellon JL, Lessard-Anderson CR, Shanafelt TD, Olsen KD, Laskowski ER. Physical activity, quality of life, and burnout among physician trainees: the effect of a team-based, incentivized exercise program. Mayo Clin Proc. 2013; 88 (12): 1435- 42. [DOI:10.1016/j.mayocp.2013.09.010] [PMID:24290117]