Sofia Razzakh Shamja, Singh Rajvir, Uddin Khan Bilal, Hassan Nesiya
Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Academic Health System, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
Qatar Med J. 2024 Dec 27;2024(4):74. doi: 10.5339/qmj.2024.74. eCollection 2024.
The World Health Organization (WHO) considers health to be a fundamental human right. Health is a resource that enables people to lead productive lives on an individual, social, and economic level. In Qatar, there are a limited number of studies addressing the health-promoting lifestyle behaviors of healthcare employees. The aim of this study was to compare the health-promoting lifestyle of at-risk and non-risk groups of employees working in Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), the largest secondary and tertiary healthcare provider in the State of Qatar. This was a cross-sectional comparative research study of all categories of healthcare employees working in HMC facilities. Participants with a body mass index (BMI) >30 kg/m, smokers, or those with pre-existing non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were classified as the at-risk group, and individuals without any of these factors were classified as the non-risk group. Data were collected through an online survey using an adopted scale, Adolescent Health Promotion Short Form (AHP-SF), after approval by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of HMC. The age of the participants ranged from 22 to 69 years and the majority of them were female (64.07%). Most of the respondents were overweight or obese, accounting for 42.99% and 26.68% of the sample, respectively. Interestingly, 87.64% of the participants were non-smokers and approximately 70% had no chronic diseases. The overall AHP-SF score was 60.01/84 ± 12.32, with the highest score from the "life appreciation" subscale (12.68/16 ± 2.84) and the lowest score from the "exercise" subdomain (7.05/12 ± 2.93). Five subdomains - nutrition, social support, health responsibility, exercise, and stress management - of the AHP-SF scale showed no significant statistical differences between at-risk and non-risk groups. However, the "life appreciation" scale showed significant statistical differences between the at-risk (12.91/16 ± 2.69, = 0.04) and non-risk (12.42/16 ± 2.98) groups. The AHP-SF scores varied significantly across the participants' regions of origin, with Americans having the highest score (63.93/84 ± 10.67, = 0.03) compared to other regions. Healthcare employees moderately practice health-promoting lifestyle behaviors. The lowest scores were in the exercise subdomain, suggesting that more interventions are required to improve these behaviors. Healthcare organizations are ideal settings to implement comprehensive workplace wellness programs and awareness campaigns that can motivate employees to take greater responsibility for their own health and influence the wider community to adopt health-promoting lifestyle behaviors.
世界卫生组织（WHO）认为健康是一项基本人权。健康是一种资源，能使人们在个人、社会和经济层面过上富有成效的生活。在卡塔尔，针对医护人员促进健康的生活方式行为的研究数量有限。本研究的目的是比较在卡塔尔国最大的二级和三级医疗服务提供商哈马德医疗公司（HMC）工作的高危和非高危员工群体的促进健康的生活方式。这是一项对在HMC设施工作的所有类别医护人员进行的横断面比较研究。体重指数（BMI）>30 kg/m、吸烟者或患有非传染性疾病（NCD）的参与者被归类为高危组，没有这些因素的个体被归类为非高危组。在获得HMC机构审查委员会（IRB）批准后，通过在线调查使用改编后的量表《青少年健康促进简表》（AHP-SF）收集数据。参与者年龄在22至69岁之间，其中大多数为女性（64.07%）。大多数受访者超重或肥胖，分别占样本的42.99%和26.68%。有趣的是，87.64%的参与者不吸烟，约70%没有慢性病。AHP-SF量表的总体得分是60.01/84±12.32，其中“生活欣赏”子量表得分最高（12.68/16±2.84），“锻炼”子领域得分最低（7.05/12±2.93）。AHP-SF量表的五个子领域——营养、社会支持、健康责任、锻炼和压力管理——在高危组和非高危组之间没有显著的统计学差异。然而，“生活欣赏”量表在高危组（12.91/16±2.69，=0.04）和非高危组（12.42/16±2.98）之间显示出显著统计学差异。AHP-SF得分在参与者的原籍地区之间有显著差异，与其他地区相比，美国人得分最高（63.93/84±10.67，=0.03）。医护人员适度践行促进健康的生活方式行为。得分最低 的是锻炼子领域，这表明需要更多干预措施来改善这些行为。医疗保健组织是实施全面的职场健康计划和宣传活动的理想场所，这些计划和活动可以激励员工对自己的健康承担更大责任，并影响更广泛的社区采用促进健康的生活方式行为。
