Table 2.
Health status and related behaviours of FIFO workers (N = 216)
| Health and related behaviours | On-shift days, m ± sd/n (%) | Off-shift days, m ± sd/n (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep duration | 6.3 ± 1.2 h | 7.5 ± 1.5 h | < 0.001* |
| < 7 h | 116(53.7) | 47(21.8) | < 0.001¥ |
| 7 + h | 100(46.3) | 169(78.2) | |
| Sleep quality | < 0.001¥ | ||
| Fairly good/very good | 129(59.7) | 182(84.3) | |
| Fairly bad/very bad | 87(40.3) | 34(15.7) | |
| Alcohol intake | |||
| Non-risky | 142(65.7) | 91(42.1) | < 0.001¥ |
| Risky | 74(34.3) | 125(57.9) | |
| Smoking | |||
| Non-smokers | 96(44.4) | ||
| Ex-smokers | 63(29.2) | ||
| Current smokers | 57(26.4) | ||
| Number of cigarettes smoked per day | 11.7 ± 6.9 | 11.2 ± 7.5 | 0.592* |
| Vegetables intake per day | 2.3 ± 1.3 | 2.8 ± 1.4 | < 0.001* |
| < 5 serves | 207(95.8) | 196(90.7) | 0.013¥ |
| 5 + serves | 9(4.2) | 20(9.3) | |
| Fruits intake per day | 1.7 ± 1.2 | 1.7 ± 1.3 | 0.583* |
| < 2 serves | 102(47.2) | 111(51.4) | 0.262¥ |
| 2 + serves | 114(52.8) | 105(48.6) | |
| Mild/moderate/vigorous physical activities (MET-mins/week) | 3531.6 ± 4973.2 | 2762.6 ± 3385.2 | 0.018* |
| Insufficient | 58(26.9) | 55(25.5) | 0.755¥ |
| Sufficient to high | 158(73.1) | 161(74.5) | |
| Body Mass Index | |||
| Underweight | 7(3.2) | ||
| Normal/health weight | 55(25.4) | ||
| Overweight | 77(35.7) | ||
| Obese | 77(35.7) | ||
| Physical health status | |||
| Poor | 19(8.8) | ||
| Good | 197(91.2) | ||
| Psychological distress | |||
| Low risk | 85(39.3) | ||
| Moderate risk | 59(27.3) | ||
| High risk | 44(20.4) | ||
| Very high risk | 28(13.0) | ||
*p-value from paired t test
¥Exact McNemar significance probability; Bolden significant at p < 0.05