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. 2014 Jun 9;14:573. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-573

Table 3.

Characteristics of the determinants and their association with intention to participate and actual participation during follow-up

 
Positive on statement
Positive intention (n = 195)
Actual participation during follow-up (n = 83)
  n (%) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Intention to participate in a WHPP
195 (26.2)
n/a
3.02 (1.88-4.83)*
Participated during the 12 month period prior to enrollment
95 (12.8)
5.92 (3.70-9.49)*
5.82 (3.40-9.96)*
Social-cognitive factors
 
 
 
Attitude
 
 
 
  Important to participate
215 (28.9)
43.00 (26.83-68.91)*
2.81 (1.76-4.49)*
  Pleasant to participate
620 (83.3)
8.64 (3.73-20.06)*
1.99 (0.93-4.27)
Social support
 
 
 
  Colleagues and or supervisor stimulate participation
68 (9.1)
2.83 (1.70-4.73)*
1.77 (0.90-3.49)
  Family and or friends stimulate participation
79 (10.6)
6.84 (4.13-11.31)*
1.64 (0.86-3.15)
Self-efficacy
 
 
 
  High self-efficacy
467 (62.8)
4.43 (2.89-6.79)*
1.60 (0.96-2.66)
Barriers
 
 
 
Privacy related
 
 
 
  Holding work and private preferably separate
371 (49.9)
0.44 (0.31-0.62)*
0.91 (0.57-1.46)
  Want to organize it self
434 (58.3)
0.25 (0.18-0.36)*
0.92 (0.58-1.48)
Health related
 
 
 
  I’m healthy
531 (71.4)
0.74 (0.52-1.06)
1.25 (0.74-2.11)
  Currently under treatment
140 (18.8)
1.32 (0.88-1.99)
1.50 (0.88-2.58)
Work related
 
 
 
  Unfavorable work schedule
90 (12.1)
1.48 (0.91-2.41)
0.64 (0.28-1.45)
  Not knowing who to go to
77 (10.3)
1.67 (1.01-2.76)*
0.65 (0.27-1.56)
Facilitators
 
 
 
Health related
 
 
 
  Wanting to improve my health
498 (66.9)
7.15 (4.26-12.00)*
1.44 (0.86-2.42)
  Thinking a WHPP is useful
419 (56.3)
13.50 (7.98-22.83)*
1.45 (0.90-2.35)
Work related
 
 
 
  Pleasant to engage in activities with colleagues
150 (20.2)
3.78 (2.58-5.55)*
1.07 (0.61-1.89)
  Supervisor or colleagues expect me to participate
28 (3.8)
3.00 (1.40-6.46)*
2.87 (1.17-7.02)*
Beliefs about health at work
 
 
 
  Good thing that the supervisor tries to improve employees health
599 (80.5)
4.44 (2.43-8.10)*
0.93 (0.52-1.65)
  Interference of my supervisor on my health is an invasion of my privacy
139 (18.7)
0.45 (0.27-0.74)*
1.22 (0.69-2.17)
  My health is a personal matter 485 (65.2) 0.69 (0.49-0.98)* 0.81 (0.50-1.30)

Positive intention: employees with a positive intention towards participating in a WHPP. Participation during follow-up: employees who participated in a HPP during the six-month follow-up period. Determinants are categorized into social-cognitive factors, barriers, facilitators, and beliefs about health at work.

Analyses adjusted for age, gender, educational level, and organization.

*statistically significant at p < 0.05.

n/a: not applicable.