Health status and its risk factor among civil servants in seven Chinese cities

ObjectiveTo examine the health status and its influencing factors in civil servants and to provide empirical evidence for health management among Chinese civil servants. MethodsThe physical check-up data of 21 125 civil servants from seven cities in 2011 were collected and a self-administered questionnaire survey about health condition and relevant factors was conducted among 242 persons randomly selected from the civil servants. ResultsAmong the civil servants,88.5% had at least one abnormal indicator of health status.The top three abnormal indicators were obesity-overweight (48.6%,5797/11 939),dyslipidemia (44.3%,8 762/19 793),and fatty liver (37.9%,7 509/19 804).The results of multivariate logistic regression revealed that age (odds ratio OR=0.961,95% confidence interval CI=0.934-0.988) was a risk factor of low self-report health status;male gender (OR=2.824,95%CI=1.478-5.397),work satisfaction (OR=1.199,95%CI=1.075-1.338),and healthy habits (OR=1.369,95%CI=1.134-1.653) were protective factors of self-report health. ConclusionChinese civil servant's health is not in good status.The elder age is a risk factor for civil servants' health,while male,better work satisfaction and more healthy living habits are protective factors.