Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and workplace wellness programme (WWP) participation in the past year of 1318 WWP national survey participants
| Characteristic | Total | WWP participation in last year | P values† | ||||||
| 0 Activities | 1–6 Activities | 7+ Activities | |||||||
| % | n=1318* | % | n=387* | % | n=513* | % | n=418* | ||
| Age (years)* | 39.9±9.9 | 39.9±10.1 | 39.2±9.6 | 40.9±10.1 | 0.027 | ||||
| Gender | |||||||||
| Female | 62.2 | 820 | 66.7 | 258 | 60.6 | 311 | 60.0 | 251 | 0.116 |
| Male | 37.5 | 494 | 33.3 | 129 | 38.8 | 199 | 39.7 | 166 | |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Not married | 65.2 | 859 | 65.6 | 254 | 66.9 | 343 | 62.7 | 262 | 0.364 |
| Married | 33.8 | 445 | 33.1 | 128 | 32.2 | 165 | 36.4 | 152 | |
| Number of children | |||||||||
| 0 | 16.2 | 213 | 17.6 | 68 | 17.5 | 90 | 13.2 | 55 | 0.407 |
| 1–2 | 47.7 | 629 | 47.0 | 182 | 47.4 | 243 | 48.8 | 204 | |
| 3–4 | 27.6 | 364 | 28.9 | 112 | 26.3 | 135 | 28.0 | 117 | |
| 5+ | 7.2 | 95 | 5.9 | 23 | 7.0 | 36 | 8.6 | 36 | |
| Highest education completed | |||||||||
| Less than high school | 30.5 | 402 | 30.0 | 116 | 27.7 | 142 | 34.4 | 144 | 0.292 |
| Senior secondary school | 16.0 | 211 | 15.2 | 59 | 17.2 | 88 | 15.3 | 64 | |
| More than high school | 50.5 | 666 | 50.6 | 196 | 52.4 | 269 | 48.1 | 201 | |
| Botswana citizen | 93.8 | 1236 | 95.6 | 370 | 93.4 | 479 | 92.6 | 387 | 0.341 |
| Years worked in health services* | 11.9±9.0 | 11.7±8.7 | 11.2±8.7 | 12.9±9.4 | 0.014 | ||||
| Years worked in facility* | 3.1±1.3 | 2.9±1.3 | 3.1±1.3 | 3.2±1.3 | 0.001 | ||||
| Cadre | |||||||||
| Doctor | 2.9 | 38 | 2.1 | 8 | 2.9 | 15 | 3.6 | 15 | 0.001 |
| Nurse | 29.2 | 385 | 35.1 | 136 | 29.6 | 152 | 23.2 | 97 | |
| Other professional | 27.4 | 361 | 21.4 | 83 | 28.3 | 145 | 31.8 | 133 | |
| Administrative | 10.4 | 137 | 10.3 | 40 | 12.3 | 63 | 8.1 | 34 | |
| Support | 27.2 | 358 | 27.9 | 108 | 23.8 | 122 | 30.6 | 128 | |
| Facility type | |||||||||
| Hospital | 26.8 | 353 | 17.6 | 68 | 29.8 | 153 | 31.6 | 132 | <0.001 |
| Clinic with maternity | 24.8 | 327 | 30.7 | 119 | 24.8 | 127 | 19.4 | 81 | |
| District health management team | 19.9 | 262 | 15.2 | 59 | 19.3 | 99 | 24.9 | 104 | |
| Clinic without maternity | 17.6 | 232 | 24.0 | 93 | 15.0 | 77 | 14.8 | 62 | |
| Health post | 8.8 | 116 | 10.3 | 40 | 8.6 | 44 | 7.7 | 32 | |
| WWP activity participation‡ (n) | |||||||||
| Health promotion | 1290 | 1.8±2.9 | 0 | 1.4±1.3 | 4.0±4.0 | ||||
| Psychosocial and spiritual care | 1281 | 2.2±3.9 | 0 | 0.7±1.2 | 6.0±5.0 | ||||
| Stress management and team building | 1298 | 0.9±2.2 | 0 | 0.4±0.8 | 2.4±3.3 | ||||
| Therapeutic recreation | 1278 | 0.9±2.5 | 0 | 0.4±0.8 | 2.5±3.8 | ||||
| Occupational health and safety | 1288 | 0.7±2.0 | 0 | 0.4±0.8 | 1.9±3.2 | ||||
*N (%) may not be equal to total due to missing data or rounding. Percentages are calculated using missing data.
†P value calculated from Χ2 test for categorical variables and analysis of variance for continuous variables.
‡Mean±SD.