Health-promoting behaviors status of nurses during COVID-19 pandemic: A case of southern Iran

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health, Sirjan School of Medical Sciences, Sirjan, Iran

2 Associate Professor of Health Economics, Department of Healthcare Services Management, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Health Human Resources Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

10.30476/jhmi.2024.104647.1250

Abstract

Background: One of the most important indicators of people's health in the pandemic of coronavirus (COVID-19) is their health-promoting behaviors. This study was conducted to investigate the status of health-promoting behaviors of nurses in teaching hospitals in southern Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study was conducted on 340 nurses of teaching hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences in 2022. Data were collected through a standard health-promoting lifestyle questionnaire that was designed in 10 dimensions (physical health, exercise and wellbeing, weight and nutrition control, disease prevention, psychological health, spiritual health, social health, avoiding medicines and drugs, preventing incidents and environmental health) with totally 70 questions. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, T-test, ANOVA, Pearson correlation coefficient by SPSS23 at a significance level of α= 0.05.

Results: The mean score of total health-promoting behaviors was evaluated to be 3.48±1.12, which is in a moderate range. Spiritual health (4.62±1.29) had the highest and that of exercise and wellbeing (2.38 ± 1.38) had the lowest mean score. There was a positive and significant correlation between all components of health-promoting behaviors (P<0.05). There was a significant difference between health-promoting behaviors with demographic variables like gender (P= 0.01), marital status (P= 0.03), and educational level (P= 0.03).

Conclusion: Nurses' health-promoting behaviors were at a "moderate" level, by continuing the condition of the pandemic, it is recommended to the health policymakers to prepare a more supportive work environment considering educational interventions with an emphasis on exercise and wellbeing.

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Health Management & Information Science
Volume 11, Issue 2
April 2024
Pages 56-65

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