Influencing factors of health-promoting lifestyle for primary nurses in TCM hospital

Abstract

Objective To investigate the status of health-promoting lifestyle for primary nurses in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals and analyze its influencing factors. Methods Nurses′ health-promoting lifestyle scale and self-designed questionnaire were used to investigate 527 primary nurses in three TCM hospitals affiliated to Zhejiang Chinese Medical University. Results The score of primary nurses′ health-promoting lifestyle was (60.38±17.71) points. The score of 5 dimensions from high to low were: occupational safety (68.14%), self-actualization (62.77%), Interpersonal support development (60.99%), balanced diet (58.70%), exercise and health care (34.32%). Regression analysis showed that age and health condition were the most important influencing factors for nurses′ health-promoting lifestyle(P<0.05). Conclusions Health-promoting lifestyle of primary nurses in TCM hospitals is not good, and there is a big space for improvement. Hospital managers should attach great importance to the improvement of primary nurses′ health-promoting lifestyle, and improve nurses′ health-promoting lifestyle by targeted intervention, in order to improve the general nursing quality. Key words: Primary nurses; Traditional Chinese medicine hospital; Health-promoting lifestyle; Influencing factors