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Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among Health Care Workers in a Postdisaster Area: A Cross-sectional Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 June 2018

Wanqiu Yang ,
Timothy Sim ,
Ke Cui ,
Jun Zhang ,
Yanchun Yang  and
Xiaohong Ma
Wanqiu Yang
Affiliation:
Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China The Mental Health Center, Yunnan University, Kunming, China Institute for Disaster Management and Reconstruction, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Timothy Sim
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong
Ke Cui
Affiliation:
School of Public Administration, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
Jun Zhang
Affiliation:
The Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
Yanchun Yang
Affiliation:
The Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, China
Xiaohong Ma*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Laboratory and Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China West China Brain Research Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to Xiaohong Ma, The Mental Health Center, West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610064, P. R. China (e-mail: maxiaohong@scu.edu.cn).
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Abstract

Objective

Health care workers performing rescue tasks in large-scale disaster areas are usually challenged in terms of physical and mental endurance, which can affect their lifestyles. Nevertheless, data on whether health care workers tend to adopt healthy lifestyles after disasters are limited. This paper compares the adoption of healthy lifestyle behaviors among health care workers with that among non–health care workers in a postdisaster area.

Methods

This cross-sectional observational study was conducted in August 2016. The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II questionnaire was used to interview 261 health care workers and 848 non–health care workers.

Results

Results of the multivariable linear models showed that health care workers had lower physical activity levels (ß=−1.363, P<.0001), worse stress management (ß=−1.282, P<.0001), slower spiritual growth (ß=−1.228, P=.002), and poorer interpersonal relationships (ß=−0.814, P=.019) than non–health care workers. However, no significant differences were found in either nutrition (ß=−0.362, P=.319) or health responsibility (ß=−0.421, P=.283).

Conclusions

Health care workers had less healthy lifestyle behaviors, including physical activity, stress management, spiritual growth, and interpersonal relationships. Further studies are needed to develop health-improving interventions for health care workers in postdisaster areas. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2019;13:230–235)

Keywords

health care workershealth-promoting lifestyle profiledisasters

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Type
Original Research
Information
Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 2019 , pp. 230 - 235
Copyright
Copyright © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. 2018 

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