Table 3.
Group comparisons of health behaviour, health status and occupational prospects
| Geriatric nursing (n = 130) | General healthcare and nursing (n = 142) | Early childhood education (n = 82) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | Chi2 (df) | p-value |
| Health behaviour | |||||
| Physical activity | 6.5 (4) | 0.16 | |||
| No physical activity | 33 (25.4) | 22 (15.5) | 18 (22.0) | ||
| < 2 h/week | 62 (47.7) | 66 (46.5) | 39 (47.6) | ||
| ≥ 2 h/week | 32 (24.6) | 52 (36.6) | 25 (30.5) | ||
| Dietary patterns | 9.9 (4) | <0.05 | |||
| Unfavourable | 53 (40.8) | 39 (27.5) | 38 (46.3) | ||
| Normal | 36 (27.7) | 49 (34.5) | 22 (26.8) | ||
| Favourable | 26 (20.0) | 42 (29.6) | 18 (22.0) | ||
| Smoking habits | 17.6 (6) | <0.01 | |||
| Daily | 58 (44.6) | 43 (30.3) | 29 (35.4) | ||
| Occasionally | 14 (10.8) | 7 (4.9) | 7 (8.5) | ||
| Former | 17 (13.1) | 15 (10.6) | 5 (6.1) | ||
| Never | 41 (31.5) | 77 (54.2) | 41 (50.0) | ||
| Hazardous alcohol consumption | 0.7 (2) | 0.69 | |||
| Yes | 53 (40.8) | 60 (42.3) | 38 (46.3) | ||
| No | 72 (55.4) | 80 (56.3) | 41 (50.0) | ||
| Health status | |||||
| Self-rated health status | 9.2 (4) | 0.06 | |||
| Excellent/very good | 52 (40.0) | 55 (38.7) | 25 (30.5) | ||
| Good | 65 (50.0) | 74 (52.1) | 40 (48.8) | ||
| Not so good/poor | 11 (8.5) | 13 (9.2) | 17 (20.7) | ||
| Diseases and complaints | |||||
| Mental disorder | 50 (38.5) | 44 (31.0) | 40 (48.8) | 7.9 (2) | <0.05 |
| MSD | 45 (34.6) | 52 (36.6) | 26 (31.7) | 0.5 (2) | 0.79 |
| Neurological or sensory disease | 47 (36.2) | 39 (27.5) | 25 (30.5) | 2.3 (2) | 0.32 |
| Respiratory disease | 34 (26.2) | 48 (33.8) | 23 (28.0) | 1.9 (2) | 0.38 |
| Skin disease | 33 (25.4) | 47 (33.1) | 23 (28.0) | 2.0 (2) | 0.37 |
| Injury due to an accident | 37 (28.5) | 28 (19.7) | 25 (30.5) | 4.0 (2) | 0.13 |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | F (df1/df2) | p-value | |
| Self-efficacy (10–40) | 29.3 (4.5) | 29.2 (4.2) | 28.1 (4.9) | 1.9 (2/338) | 0.15 |
| Irritation (8–56) | 23.4 (11.1) | 21.9 (9.9) | 24.7 (10.2) | 1.8 (2/343) | 0.17 |
| Occupational prospects | |||||
| Job satisfaction (0–100) | 62.1 (15.9) | 57.4 (15.2) | 68.2 (16.7) | 12.3 (2/350) | <0.001 |
Missing values: Physical activity n = 5 (1.4 %); Dietary patterns = 31 (8.8 %); Hazardous alcohol consumption n = 10 (2.8 %); Self-rated health status n = 2 (0.6 %)
SD standard deviation, df degrees of freedom, MSD musculoskeletal disorders