Table 3.
Results for each category of the Health Behaviour Inventory in the study group of soldiers according to the type of armed forces, April 2018–October 2020, Poland
| Category | Participants (N = 1171) | Standard score for Polish adult men (N = 235) [18] | p | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Force soldiers (N = 188) | Land Forces soldiers (N = 305) | Warsaw Garrison Command soldiers (N = 95) | Navy soldiers (N = 389) | Special Forces soldiers (N = 134) | Territorial Defence Forces soldiers (N = 60) | |||||||||
| M±SD | Me | M±SD | Me | M±SD | Me | M±SD | Me | M±SD | Me | M±SD | Me | M±SD | ||
| Health Behavior Index total score | 84.5*±10.2 | 85.00 | 78.2±12.54 | 78.00 | 81.4±12.9 | 81.0 | 79.4±12.7 | 80.0 | 79.0±12.2 | 80.0 | 78.8±12.3 | 79.0 | 78.50±14.02 | <0.001 |
| proper nutrition habits | 3.58*±0.65 | 3.67 | 3.30*±0.76 | 3.33 | 3.3*±0.8 | 3.3 | 3.4±0.7 | 3.3 | 3.4*±0.7 | 3.5 | 3.3*±0.8 | 3.2 | 2.85±0.79 | 0.002 |
| prophylactic behaviors | 3.49*±0.63 | 3.50 | 3.07*±0.71 | 3.17 | 3.3±0.7 | 3.3 | 3.2±0.7 | 3.3 | 3.3±0.7 | 3.3 | 3.2±0.7 | 3.3 | 3.30±0.77 | <0.001 |
| positive mental attitude | 3.75*±0.51 | 3.83 | 3.38±0.68 | 3.50 | 3.5*±0.6 | 3.3 | 3.5±0.7 | 3.5 | 3.6*±0.6 | 3.5 | 3.5*±0.7 | 3.3 | 3.24±0.66 | <0.001 |
| health practices | 3.32*±0.47 | 3.33 | 3.08±0.59 | 3.17 | 3.2±0.6 | 3.2 | 3.1±0.6 | 3.2 | 2.9±0.6 | 3.0 | 3.2±0.6 | 3.2 | 3.08±0.95 | <0.001 |
p – Kruskal-Wallis test result (between types of armed forces).
*
p < 0.05 for comparison with standard score – t-test for comparing 2 means.