Assessing employee wellness needs at colleges and universities: A case study

Figures & data

Table 1. Demographics of university employees in the study group

Demographic	Response	N (%)
Gender	Male	182 (34.7%)
	Female	256 (58.4%)
Age	18–25	16 (3.7%)
	26–35	71 (16.2%)
	36–45	81 (18.5%)
	46–55	126 (28.8%)
	56+	112 (25.6%)
Employment type	Administrator	20 (4.6%)
	Faculty	154 (35.2%)
	Professional staff	120 (27.4%)
	Classified staff	65 (14.8%)
	Auxiliary services	17 (3.9%)
	Other	25 (5.7%)
Employment status	Full time	347 (79.2%)
	Part time	60 (13.7%)
Member of fitness club	Yes	133 (30.4%)
	No	299 (68.3%)
Physically active job	Never	59 (13.5%)
	Rarely	149 (34.0%)
	Occasionally	104 (23.7%)
	Frequently	68 (12.5%)
	Very frequently	56 (12.8%)
Participate in activities	Yes	191 (43.6%)
	No	21 (4.8%)
	Not Sure	162 (37.0%)

Table 2. Results of program interest assessment

Subset	Programing option	M ± SD	χ^2 Interest level of individual programming options
			Not interested at all and not interested (%)	Neutral (%)	Interested and very interested (%)
Lifestyle		18.33 ± 4.73
	Stress reduction	3.64 ± 1.18	17.0	19.4	62.6
	Managing overall health	3.58 ± 1.13	16.2	23.6	60.1
	Health screenings	3.36 ± 1.19	20.6	26.0	52.3
	Sleep improvement	3.33 ± 1.39	25.6	18.3	53.2
	Time management	2.87 ± 1.30	36.8	27.0	33.8
	Smoking cessation	1.49 ± 1.05	82.0	7.3	6.8
Physical activity		16.31 ± 4.35
	Strength training	3.69 ± 1.12	14.5	18.5	66.2
	Yoga	3.50 ± 1.34	20.3	19.3	57.2
	Walking clubs	3.04 ± 1.34	33.1	24.7	40.8
	Starting exercise program	3.04 ± 1.30	30.3	27.6	39.9
	Zumba™	3.04 ± 1.38	35.2	22.3	40.3
Nutrition		12.75 ± 4.13
	Eating healthy	3.47 ± 1.25	23.0	16.0	59.6
	Cooking classes	3.37 ± 1.34	24.6	18.7	54.5
	Healthy shopping budget	3.33 ± 1.34	26.0	19.0	53.1
	Weight Watchers™	2.56 ± 1.36	46.9	24.4	24.9