Abstract Objectives Like the concept of work ability in occupational health, gait speed is a measure of general fitness and can predict functional decline and morbidity. This is especially important when our care‐takers, i.e. nurses, show decline in fitness and become care‐receivers. The study aims to describe the demographics of hospital nurses in the context of gait speed and work ability as well as to determine the association between them. Methods Three‐hundred and twelve inpatient nurses and nursing assistants were sampled from a level 1 trauma and teaching hospital from several service lines and acuity levels. Spearman correlation tests were utilized to determine the relationship of gait speed and ratings of item 1 on the Work Ability Index (WAI) as well as Cochran‐Armitage test for linear trend of gait speed. Results Maximum gait speed has a significant positive association with work ability with a Rho coefficient of 0.217 (P < .0001). Additionally, the linear trend test of gait speed tertiles was significant (P < .001) for work ability categories of Moderate to Poor (0‐7) and Good to Excellent (8‐10). Conclusions Gait speed is correlated with the item 1 self‐rating of the WAI in hospital nursing staff. The 10‐m walk test is a practical and easy measure that can be utilized in occupational health. More research is required to validate gait speed in other occupational health populations and investigate gait speed changes and its interaction with the work environment longitudinally.

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工作中步行：最大步速与医院护理人员的工作能力有关

摘要 目的与职业健康中的工作能力概念一样，步态速度是衡量一般健康状况的指标，可以预测功能衰退和发病率。当我们的护理人员（即护士）表现出健康状况下降并成为护理人员时，这一点尤其重要。该研究旨在描述医院护士在步态速度和工作能力方面的人口统计学特征，并确定它们之间的关联。方法从某一级创伤教学医院抽取312名住院护士和护理助理，从多条服务线和多个急症等级抽取。Spearman 相关性测试用于确定步态速度与工作能力指数 (WAI) 上第 1 项评分的关系，以及用于步态速度线性趋势的 Cochran-Armitage 测试。结果 最大步态速度与工作能力呈显着正相关，Rho 系数为 0.217 (P < .0001)。此外，步态速度三分位数的线性趋势测试对于中等至差 (0-7) 和良好至优秀 (8-10) 的工作能力类别具有显着性 (P < .001)。结论步态速度与医院护理人员WAI自评项1相关。10 米步行测试是一种实用且简单的测量方法，可用于职业健康。需要更多的研究来验证其他职业健康人群的步态速度，并纵向调查步态速度的变化及其与工作环境的相互作用。步态速度三分位数的线性趋势检验对于中等至差 (0-7) 和良好至优秀 (8-10) 的工作能力类别具有显着性 (P < .001)。结论步态速度与医院护理人员WAI自评项1相关。10 米步行测试是一种实用且简单的测量方法，可用于职业健康。需要更多的研究来验证其他职业健康人群的步态速度，并纵向调查步态速度的变化及其与工作环境的相互作用。对于中等至差 (0-7) 和良好至优秀 (8-10) 的工作能力类别，步态速度三分位数的线性趋势检验显着 (P < .001)。结论步态速度与医院护理人员WAI自评项1相关。10 米步行测试是一种实用且简单的测量方法，可用于职业健康。需要更多的研究来验证其他职业健康人群的步态速度，并纵向调查步态速度的变化及其与工作环境的相互作用。