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

Table 4

Univariate analysis of need factors that influence health behaviour.

Characteristics	Frequency	Percent
Rating current health
Poor	4	2.1
Fair	58	31.0
Good	84	44.9
Very good	25	13.4
Excellent	16	8.6
Total	187	100.0
Rating of nurses’ general heath in comparison to last year
Worse	8	4.3
Fairer	34	18.2
About the same	59	31.6
Good	58	31.0
Very good	28	15.0
Total	187	100.0
Rating nurses’ comparison of their physical health with that of other individuals of the same age and gender
Much worse than theirs	5	2.7
Somewhat worse than theirs	18	9.6
About the same as theirs	65	34.8
Better than theirs	70	37.4
Much better than theirs	29	15.5
Total	187	100.0
Rating nurses’ comparison of their psychological health with that of other individuals of the same age and gender
Much worse than theirs	7	3.7
Somewhat worse than theirs	25	13.4
About the same as theirs	53	28.3
Better than theirs	72	38.5
Much better than theirs	30	16.0
Total	187	100.0
Rating nurses health concerns about their health in the preceding 12 months.
Not concerned at all	23	12.3
Slightly concerned	24	12.8
Somewhat concerned	29	15.5
Moderately concerned	47	25.1
Extremely concerned	64	34.2
Total	187	100.0
Rating how nurses projected their health in 2 years after the study
Worse	14	7.5
Fairer	19	10.2
About the same	29	15.5
Good	65	34.8
Very good	60	32.1
Total	187	100.0