Health Behaviors and Health-Related Quality of Life in Female Medical Staff
Maria Niestrój-Jaworska; Małgorzata Dębska-Janus; Jacek Polechoński; Rajmund Tomik
The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the intensity of health behaviors and health-related quality of life in female mid-level medical staff. The study group consisted of 153 female mid-level medical staff members. The intensity of health behaviors was examined with the Polish version of Health Behavior Inventory. Health-related quality of life was verified with the Short Form Health Survey questionnaire (SF 36v2). Among the participants, 33% had low, 39% average, and 28% high intensity of health behaviors. The mental component of health-related quality of life was rated higher (83.3 ±: 15.3 points) compared to the physical one. The lowest health-related quality of life was observed in the domain of &ldquo:bodily pain&rdquo:, while the highest was found for the domain of &ldquo:social functioning&rdquo:. Both the physical and mental components of health-related quality of life were significantly positively correlated with health behavior prevalence in all its categories. The post-hoc tests revealed the variation in physical and mental components of HRQoL according to the level of health behavior intensity.
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