Health Behaviour among Nurses Working in Public Hospitals in Kakamega County, Kenya

Table 3

Univariate analysis of enabling factors that influence health behaviour.

Characteristics	Frequency	Percent
Preferred treatment source
Public facility	97	51.9
Private facility	85	45.4
Self-treatment	5	2.7
Total	187	100.0
Insurance cover possessed by nurses
NHIF	180	96.3
UAP	2	1.1
Jubilee	4	2.1
CIC	1	.5
Total	187	100.0
Satisfaction with the adequacy of insurance cover
No	103	55.1
Yes	84	44.9
Total	187	100.0
Number of hours that nurses in Kakamega County spend working per week
Less than 40 hours	7	3.7
40–50 hours	124	66.3
More than 50 hours	56	30
Total	187	100.0
Work load of nurses in Kakamega County
Low	1	0.5
Moderate	17	9.1
High	52	27.8
Very high	117	62.6
Total	187	100.0
Satisfaction with the health services that you have access to in this county
No	153	83.1
Yes	31	16.9
Total	184	100
Satisfied with the quality of health services that are available to you
No	145	78.8
Yes	39	21.2
Total	184	100.0