Table 2 Distribution of Responses for Physicians’, Nurses’, and CHWs’ Lifestyle and Personal Health Behaviors, Brazil, 2011, (N = 798)
From: Health promoting practices and personal lifestyle behaviors of Brazilian health professionals
Physicians | Nurses | CHWs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Sleep duration (hours) | ||||||
3–6 | 89 | 49.7 | 94 | 27.1 | 61 | 22.9 |
7–8 | 84 | 46.9 | 237 | 68.3 | 179 | 67.3 |
9 (+) | 6 | 3.4 | 16 | 4.6 | 26 | 9.8 |
Number of days of alcohol consumption within the last month | ||||||
0–3 | 124 | 69.3 | 284 | 82.1 | 237 | 88.4 |
4–6 | 40 | 22.3 | 47 | 13.6 | 22 | 8.2 |
7 (+) | 15 | 8.4 | 15 | 4.3 | 9 | 3.4 |
Number of doses of alcohol consumption within the last month | ||||||
0–2 | 169 | 94.9 | 331 | 96.2 | 269 | 100 |
3–4 | 4 | 2.2 | 4 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 |
5 (+) | 5 | 2.8 | 9 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
Smoked at least 100 cigarettes (lifetime) | ||||||
no | 143 | 79.9 | 305 | 87.9 | 216 | 80.3 |
yes | 36 | 20.1 | 42 | 12.1 | 53 | 19.7 |
Smoking status | ||||||
Never | 147 | 82.1 | 305 | 87.9 | 215 | 79.9 |
Former | 22 | 12.3 | 25 | 7.2 | 34 | 12.6 |
Current | 10 | 5.6 | 17 | 4.9 | 20 | 7.4 |
Time spent watching television daily (hours) | ||||||
0–1 | 117 | 66.1 | 175 | 50.6 | 136 | 52.3 |
2–3 | 52 | 29.4 | 150 | 43.4 | 101 | 38.8 |
4 (+) | 8 | 4.5 | 21 | 6.1 | 23 | 8.8 |
Portions of vegetables and fruits consumed | ||||||
0–2 | 50 | 28 | 88 | 25.7 | 82 | 30.7 |
3–4 | 64 | 36 | 156 | 45.5 | 115 | 43.1 |
5 (+) | 64 | 36 | 99 | 28.8 | 70 | 26.2 |
Leisure time/physical activity | ||||||
< 150 min | 84 | 46.9 | 139 | 40.3 | 138 | 52.1 |