the effect of sport and physical activities on the nurses’ collaboration in the clinical decision making; a case study in alzahra hospital, isfahan, iran

background : clinical decision making as a major part of the performance of professional nursing is the distinctive factor of professional nurses and non-professional health care personnel. this study aimed to assess the relationship between the exercise and physical activity and the nurses’ collaboration in clinical decision making in al-zahra hospital, isfahan, iran. methods: th descriptive-correlation and of survey research was done in 2014. the statistical population included all the nurses worked in alzahra hospital in isfahan with the population of 1125 people. the data collection tools included participation in decision activities questionnaire (pdaq) and the researcher-made questionnaire of physical activities which its content and face validity were confirmed by the eight experts of nursing fields, clinical cares and physical science. in addition, the reliability of the two questionnaires proved through cronbach`s coefficient alpha of 0.90 and 0.81, respectively. findings: there was a significant relationship between exercising and physical activities and taking part in clinical decision making (r = 0.476, p = 0.001). in addition, the results of multiple regression analysis were significant for group sports such as volleyball, basketball, badminton and futsal with the beta correlation of 0.398 (p = 0.034). conclusion: the results show the great and positive effect of sport on clinical decision making and its components as problem identification to choose the best solution and to analyze the suggested solutions in a way that a nurse could make the right decision and select proper solution.