Murphy I G, Murphy C G, Heffernan E J
Department of Radiology, St. Vincents's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, St. Vincent's University Hospital, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Ir J Med Sci. 2015 Dec;184(4):889-92. doi: 10.1007/s11845-014-1215-z. Epub 2014 Oct 24.
Sedentary lifestyles have been associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Radiology as a profession may be sedentary compared to some clinical disciplines.
Our aim was to measure the occupation-related energy expenditure of a cohort of radiologists versus clinicians using a specialized pedometer.
25 radiologists and 25 clinicians (15 surgeons, 8 physicians and 2 emergency physicians) were measured. The amount of steps walked, stairs climbed and calories burned on a given day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. were compared between the groups.
The difference in mean calorie usage per day was 320 greater, and steps walked per day 2,985 greater, in clinicians than in radiologists (p < 0.0001 for each).
Such a difference in calorie intake can have significant long-term health implications in terms of increased weight or BMI. Means of combating this deficit are discussed.
久坐不动的生活方式与发病率和死亡率增加有关。与一些临床学科相比,放射科工作可能需要久坐。
我们的目的是使用专门的计步器测量一组放射科医生与临床医生的职业相关能量消耗。
对25名放射科医生和25名临床医生(15名外科医生、8名内科医生和2名急诊科医生)进行了测量。比较了两组在上午9点至下午5点某一天行走的步数、爬楼梯的次数和消耗的卡路里数。
临床医生每天平均卡路里消耗量比放射科医生多320卡路里,每天行走的步数比放射科医生多2985步(每项p<0.0001)。
这种卡路里摄入量的差异在体重增加或体重指数方面可能对长期健康产生重大影响。讨论了弥补这一不足的方法。