[HEALTH WORKERS' COMMITMENT TO A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE].

Abstract

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is one of the main conditions for health preservation. The paper examines subjective predictors of commitment to a healthy lifestyle as assessed by health workers. The article is based on a secondary analysis of data from the study «Study of the Human Resources Potential of Moscow Healthcare» conducted in 2023 by the State Budgetary Institution «Research Institute for Healthcare Organization and Medical Management of the Moscow Department of Healthcare» - NIIOZMM. 1,449 specialists - doctors and nurses of medical organizations of the capital were surveyed. Most of the study participants (67%) answered that their lifestyle is rather healthy, a quarter (26%) - unhealthy, 6% could not give an answer. Employees with secondary specialized education are less likely to note commitment to a healthy lifestyle (59%), and those who have completed residency - more often (74%). Commitment to a healthy lifestyle is more often demonstrated by employees working in medical organizations that carry out activities to form a healthy lifestyle among the population (78%). The main predictors of refusal to lead a healthy lifestyle based on logistic regression were identified as the perceptions of health workers about the conditions that hinder health behavior: lack of confidence in the benefits of a healthy lifestyle, lack of support from others, the presence of psychological problems, stress at work and at home. On the contrary, employees committed to a healthy lifestyle consider it important for the population to trust medical organizations and health workers. They are ready to bear responsibility for the healthy lifestyle of the population along with the state and the people themselves.