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Table 2 Health behaviors among hospital staff; n(%)

From: Health behaviors and participation in health promotion activities among hospital staff: which occupational group performs better?

 

Physicians

Nurses

Pharmacists

Other health professionals

Administrative personnel

p

(n = 4202)

(n = 31639)

(n = 2315)

(n = 8161)

(n = 13079)

Number of days exceeding 30 minutes walking or equivalent physical activity during past week

  Scale; M (SD)

2.40 (1.06)

2.10 (1.10)

2.27 (1.09)

2.35 (1.12)

2.34 (1.11)

<.0001

  0 day

785 (18.7%)

10646 (33.6%)

558 (24.1%)

1907 (23.4%)

2969 (22.7%)

<.0001

  1-2 days

1787 (42.5%)

12607 (39.8%)

1021 (44.1%)

3357 (41.1%)

5459 (41.7%)

 

  3-4 days

1008 (24.0%)

4464 (14.1%)

422 (18.2%)

1536 (18.8%)

2574 (19.7%)

 

  5-6 days

398 (9.5%)

2401 (7.6%)

178 (7.7%)

893 (10.9%)

1347 (10.3%)

 

  7 days

224 (5.3%)

1521 (4.8%)

136 (5.9%)

468 (5.7%)

730 (5.6%)

 

Number of days having 5 portions of fruits and vegetables during past week

  Scale; M (SD)

2.99 (1.10)

2.60 (1.06)

2.82 (1.07)

2.88 (1.09)

2.82 (1.09)

<.0001

  0 day

341 (8.1%)

4286 (13.5%)

219 (9.5%)

749 (9.2%)

1335 (10.2%)

<.0001

  1-2 days

1112 (26.5%)

11873 (37.5%)

733 (31.7%)

2397 (29.4%)

4017 (30.7%)

 

  3-4 days

1436 (34.2%)

9662 (30.5%)

790 (34.1%)

2798 (34.3%)

4437 (33.9%)

 

  5-6 days

887 (21.1%)

3916 (12.4%)

387 (16.7%)

1511 (18.5%)

2237 (17.1%)

 

  7 days

426 (10.1%)

1902 (6.0%)

186 (8.0%)

706 (8.7%)

1053 (8.1%)

 

Perceived adequacy of stress adaptation

  Scale; M (SD)

2.71 (0.79)

2.53 (0.76)

2.66 (0.73)

2.68 (0.73)

2.69 (0.73)

<.0001

  Very bad

353 (8.5%)

3691 (11.8%)

188 (8.2%)

601 (7.4%)

969 (7.5%)

<.0001

  Bad

938 (22.5%)

8807 (28.1%)

545 (23.8%)

1945 (24.0%)

3063 (23.6%)

 

  Still permissible

2504 (60.2%)

17579 (56.2%)

1441 (62.8%)

5020 (62.1%)

8067 (62.2%)

 

  Good

296 (7.1%)

1088 (3.5%)

102 (4.4%)

455 (5.6%)

758 (5.8%)

 

  Very good

69 (1.7%)

140 (0.4%)

18 (0.8%)

67 (0.8%)

121 (0.9%)

 
  1. Note: p value was from Kuskal Wallis test or X 2 test as appropriate.