Health Promotion Capacity Among Chinese Healthcare Professionals and Its Influence on Preventive Health Service Practices

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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics of the Participants (n,%)

Variate	n/	%/SD
Gender
Male	82	41.84
Female	114	58.16
Age	35.64	7.60
≤35 year	104	53.06
36–45 year	70	35.71
≥46 year	22	11.22
Education level
Junior college and below	46	23.47
Undergraduate and above	150	76.53
Work years	13.46	8.35
1–10 years	81	41.33
≥11 years	115	58.67
Hospital category
County hospital	81	41.33
Community health center	115	58.67
Technical title
Senior	30	15.31
Median	73	37.24
Primary	93	47.45
Occupation
Doctors	124	63.27
Nurses	72	36.73
Monthly income
≤5000 RMB ($786.24)	108	55.10
≥5001 RMB ($786.39)	88	44.90

Table 2 The Total and Domain Scores of Health Promotion Capacity Scale

Dimension	Item	Range	All Healthcare Professionals (N=196)		Nurses (N=72)		Doctors (N= 124)		Z
			Average Score	Average Score of Each Item	Average Score	Average Score of Each Item	Average Score	Average Score of Each Item
			Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
A.Knowledge and skills	7	7~35	28.13(4.95)	4.02 (0.71)	26.82(5.45)	3.83(0.78)	28.89(4.49)	4.13 (0.64)	−2.84, p=0.005
B.Personal qualities	4	4~20	16.91(2.79)	4.23 (0.70)	16.60(3.16)	4.15 (0.79)	17.09(2.55)	4.27 (0.64)	−1.07, p=0.29
Total scores	11	11~55	45.04(7.30)	4.09(0.66)	43.42(8.04)	3.95(0.73)	45.98(6.69)	4.18 (0.61)	−2.25, p=0.02

Table 3 Liner Regression of Demographic Characteristics on Each Domain Scores of Health Promotion Capacity Scale (Standardized β Value)

Category	Variable	Knowledge and Skills		Personal Qualities		Total Scores
		Standardized β	p	Standardized β	p	Standardized β	p
Gender	Male	0.10	0.21	0.08	0.36	0.10	0.23
	Female	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Education level	Undergraduate and above	0.12	0.13	0.12	0.14	0.12	0.11
	Junior college and below	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Work years	–	−0.03	0.79	−0.04	0.67	−0.03	0.73
Hospital category	County hospital	−0.28	0.001	−0.34	<0.001	−0.32	<0.001
	Community health center	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Technical title	Senior	−0.09	0.41	0.02	0.86	−0.05	0.62
	Median	−0.09	0.31	−0.02	0.79	−0.07	0.43
	Primary	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Occupation	Doctors	0.08	0.34	−0.02	0.80	0.05	0.58
	Nurses	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Monthly income	≥5001 RMB ($786.39)	0.26	0.002	0.19	0.03	0.25	0.004
	≤5000 RMB ($786.24)	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref

Table 4 Binary Logistic Regression of Health Promotion Capacity Scale Scores on Preventive Health Services Practice [OR(95% CI)]

Category	Variable	Health Education Activities		Healthy Lifestyle Counselling		Follow-Up Services
		OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Fac1 knowledge and skills	–	1.95***	(1.34, 2.84)	2.71***	(1.68, 4.37)	2.01**	(1.33, 3.05)
Fac2 personal qualities	–	2.10***	(1.48, 2.99)	2.07***	(1.39, 3.10)	1.71**	(1.18, 2.48)
Gender	Male	0.88	(0.39, 1.97)	0.76	(0.30, 1.92)	1.15	(0.49, 2.74)
	Female	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Education level	Undergraduate and above	3.08*	(1.22, 7.76)	1.61	(0.53, 4.86)	2.29	(0.83, 6.32)
	Junior college and below	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Work years	–	1.01	(0.95, 1.07)	1.02	(0.96, 1.09)	1.05	(0.99, 1.11)
Hospital category	County hospital	0.51	(0.22, 1.16)	0.23**	(0.09, 0.61)	0.32*	(0.13, 0.79)
	Community health center	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Technical title	Senior	0.95	(0.20, 4.51)	0.20	(0.03, 1.19)	0.11*	(0.02, 0.62)
	Median	0.66	(0.26, 1.67)	0.32*	(0.11, 0.95)	0.29*	(0.10, 0.84)
	Primary	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Occupation	Doctors	1.13	(0.48, 2.65)	1.35	(0.52, 3.51)	0.96	(0.39, 2.35)
	Nurses	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref
Monthly income	≥5001 RMB ($786.39)	0.83	(0.35, 1.98)	2.36	(0.85, 6.55)	3.33*	(1.21, 9.12)
	≤5000 RMB ($786.24)	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref	Ref

Notes: *P<0.05,**P<0.01,***P<0.001.