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<bold>Aim.</bold> This study aimed to determine the level of health behaviours and correlations with demographic variables of nurses and nurse practitioners.
<bold>Material and methods.</bold> The research used a diagnostic survey method with a survey technique. The research tool used to collect data was a proprietary sociodemographic data questionnaire and a standardised questionnaire: Health Behaviour Inventory (HBI).
<bold>Results.</bold> Assessing the study group of nurses using the Health Behaviour Inventory, a mean score of 80.44±11.96 was obtained. The area of correct eating habits (mean 3.43±0.63) was rated highest by the respondents. Assessing the respondents using the HBI by subgroups, it was found that the largest group was those with average health behaviours of 44.2% (n=542). The group with the lowest percentage was high level health behaviour 18.1% (n=222).
<bold>Conclusions.</bold> Some of the factors infl uencing health behaviors are consistent with the environment and type of work, and are therefore specifi c to nursing staff . The high level of proper eating habits is also infl uenced by positive civilization changes and higher social awareness of lifestyle, which was not the subject of in-depth research in this study. The low level of health practices is related to the specifi c nature of a nurse’s work in the context of working time and work system.
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Aim. This study aimed to determine the level of health behaviours and correlations with demographic variables of nurses and nurse practitioners.
Material and methods. The research used a diagnostic survey method with a survey technique. The research tool used to collect data was a proprietary sociodemographic data questionnaire and a standardised questionnaire: Health Behaviour Inventory (HBI).
Results. Assessing the study group of nurses using the Health Behaviour Inventory, a mean score of 80.44±11.96 was obtained. The area of correct eating habits (mean 3.43±0.63) was rated highest by the respondents. Assessing the respondents using the HBI by subgroups, it was found that the largest group was those with average health behaviours of 44.2% (n=542). The group with the lowest percentage was high level health behaviour 18.1% (n=222).
Conclusions. Some of the factors infl uencing health behaviors are consistent with the environment and type of work, and are therefore specifi c to nursing staff . The high level of proper eating habits is also infl uenced by positive civilization changes and higher social awareness of lifestyle, which was not the subject of in-depth research in this study. The low level of health practices is related to the specifi c nature of a nurse’s work in the context of working time and work system.

Health behaviour of Polish nurses

Pielegniarstwo  XXI wieku / Nursing in the 21st Century

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Aim. This study aimed to determine the level of health behaviours and correlations with demographic variables of nurses and nurse practitioners.
Material and...

Health behaviour of Polish nurses

Published Online: Jul 06, 2024

Page range: 141 - 148

Received: Apr 12, 2024

Accepted: May 03, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2024-0024

Keywords
health behoviours, nurses

© 2024 Jan Korulczyk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Health behaviour of Polish nurses

Published Online: Jul 06, 2024

Page range: 141 - 148

Received: Apr 12, 2024

Accepted: May 03, 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pielxxiw-2024-0024

Keywordshealth behoviours, nurses

© 2024 Jan Korulczyk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
health behoviours, nurses