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Table 2 Self-reported medical history and self-rated health status of staff in the organization, Accra, Ghana

From: Health of the corporate worker: health risk assessment among staff of a corporate organization in Ghana

Staff category

Personal medical history

 

Yes (%)

No (%)

Total (%)

P-value

Self-reported Chronic disease

Junior staff

14 (37.8)

23 (62.2)

37 (100)

0.001

Senior staff

38 (42.2)

52 (57.8)

90 (100)

Management staff

14 (41.2)

20 (58.8)

34 (100)

Total

66 (41.0)

95 (59.0)

161 (100)

Self-reported tobacco use

Junior staff

5 (13.5)

32 (86.5)

37 (100)

 

Senior staff

4 (4.4)

86 (95.6)

90 (100)

Management staff

1 (3.0)

33 (97.0)

34 (100)

Total

10 (6.2)

151 (93.8)

161 (100)

Self-reported hypertension

Junior staff

7 (18.9)

30 (81.1)

37 (100)

0.230

Senior staff

32 (35.6)

58 (64.4)

90 (100)

Management staff

12 (35.3)

22 (64.7)

34 (100)

Total

51 (31.7)

110 (68.3)

161 (100)

Self-rated current health status

 

Good (%)

Poor (%)

Total (%)

P-value

Junior staff

28 (75.7)

9 (24.3)

37 (100)

0.592

Senior staff

66 (73.3)

24 (26.7)

90 (100)

Management staff

27 (79.4)

7 (20.6)

34 (100)

Total

121 (75.2)

40 (24.8)

161 (100)