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Table 3 Group comparisons of health behaviour, health status and occupational prospects

From: Health behaviour, health status and occupational prospects of apprentice nurses and kindergarten teachers in Germany: a cross-sectional study

 

Geriatric nursing (n = 130)

General healthcare and nursing (n = 142)

Early childhood education (n = 82)

  

Items

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Chi2 (df)

p-value

Health behaviour

Physical activity

   

6.5 (4)

0.16

 No physical activity

33 (25.4)

22 (15.5)

18 (22.0)

  

 < 2 h/week

62 (47.7)

66 (46.5)

39 (47.6)

  

 ≥ 2 h/week

32 (24.6)

52 (36.6)

25 (30.5)

  

Dietary patterns

   

9.9 (4)

<0.05

 Unfavourable

53 (40.8)

39 (27.5)

38 (46.3)

  

 Normal

36 (27.7)

49 (34.5)

22 (26.8)

  

 Favourable

26 (20.0)

42 (29.6)

18 (22.0)

  

Smoking habits

   

17.6 (6)

<0.01

 Daily

58 (44.6)

43 (30.3)

29 (35.4)

  

 Occasionally

14 (10.8)

7 (4.9)

7 (8.5)

  

 Former

17 (13.1)

15 (10.6)

5 (6.1)

  

 Never

41 (31.5)

77 (54.2)

41 (50.0)

  

Hazardous alcohol consumption

   

0.7 (2)

0.69

 Yes

53 (40.8)

60 (42.3)

38 (46.3)

  

 No

72 (55.4)

80 (56.3)

41 (50.0)

  

Health status

Self-rated health status

   

9.2 (4)

0.06

 Excellent/very good

52 (40.0)

55 (38.7)

25 (30.5)

  

 Good

65 (50.0)

74 (52.1)

40 (48.8)

  

 Not so good/poor

11 (8.5)

13 (9.2)

17 (20.7)

  

Diseases and complaints

 Mental disorder

50 (38.5)

44 (31.0)

40 (48.8)

7.9 (2)

<0.05

 MSD

45 (34.6)

52 (36.6)

26 (31.7)

0.5 (2)

0.79

 Neurological or sensory disease

47 (36.2)

39 (27.5)

25 (30.5)

2.3 (2)

0.32

 Respiratory disease

34 (26.2)

48 (33.8)

23 (28.0)

1.9 (2)

0.38

 Skin disease

33 (25.4)

47 (33.1)

23 (28.0)

2.0 (2)

0.37

 Injury due to an accident

37 (28.5)

28 (19.7)

25 (30.5)

4.0 (2)

0.13

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

F (df1/df2)

p-value

Self-efficacy (10–40)

29.3 (4.5)

29.2 (4.2)

28.1 (4.9)

1.9 (2/338)

0.15

Irritation (8–56)

23.4 (11.1)

21.9 (9.9)

24.7 (10.2)

1.8 (2/343)

0.17

Occupational prospects

Job satisfaction (0–100)

62.1 (15.9)

57.4 (15.2)

68.2 (16.7)

12.3 (2/350)

<0.001

  1. Missing values: Physical activity n = 5 (1.4 %); Dietary patterns = 31 (8.8 %); Hazardous alcohol consumption n = 10 (2.8 %); Self-rated health status n = 2 (0.6 %)
  2. SD standard deviation, df degrees of freedom, MSD musculoskeletal disorders