Status of sub-health and its influencing factors in community health care workers in Hongkou District, Shanghai / 上海预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To determine the sub-health status and influencing factors among medical staff in community health service centers, and to provide scientific evidence for intervention measures and strategies of health promotion. Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted in 692 community medical staff from 8 community health service centers in Hongkou District, Shanghai.Sub-health condition scale was used to identify the incidence rate of sub-health.Simple job stress questionnaire was used to identify the incidence rate of occupational stress.The correlations between sub-health status and demographic and sociological factors, living habits, occupational stress and other factors were determined by multivariate logistic regression analysis. Results The incidence rate of sub-health among targeted community medical staff was 71.4%.The following factors were shown to be related to the incidence of sub-health women (OR=2.24, 95%CI 1.42-3.55), per capita living area ≤ 30 m2(OR=2.19, 95%CI 1.24-3.87), daily average sleep time < 7 hours (OR=1.64, 95%CI 1.10-2.46), habits of drinking alcohol (OR=1.58, 95%CI 1.04-2.40), frequent overtime work (OR=1.79, 95%CI 1.12-2.86) and occupational stress (OR=1.73, 95%CI 1.16-2.58). Conclusion The incidence rate of sub-health among medical staff in community health service centers is high, and unhealthy living habits and occupational stress are the influencing factors.