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Employees respond to wellness survey The purpose of the wellness survey was to evaluate employee interest in wellness related issues.  Following the wellness committee's review of the results of the survey, activities will be implemented in time. The majority responded in a positive way to the need for wellness activities. As the chart illustrates, more than 97 percent of the 720 people who responded were in agreement with wellness activities offered in the context of their workplace. The survey explored program selection and alternative ways of communicating about them. People expressed their interest in seeing a wide variety of offerings.  Employees from all sectors of the university were represented: more than 135 departments and MUSC, MUHA and UMA are included in the respondents.  Thanks to all the employees who took time to complete the wellness survey. These results will be used to plan ongoing wellness-related programming for MUSC employees. MUSC Employee Wellness Survey Summary of Results (720 survey responses) Compiled Nov. 8 1. Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements. a.  MUSC should provide wellness activities for employees.                                 Frequency             Percent  1: Strongly agree          498                    69.55  2: Agree                       188                    26.26  3: Neutral                       29                      4.05  4: Strongly Disagree        1                      0.14  b.  I would participate in employee wellness activities.                                  Frequency              Percent  1: Strongly agree             419                  58.85  2: Agree                          247                  34.69  3: Neutral                         41                     5.76  4: Disagree                        4                     0.56  5: Strongly disagree           1                    0.14  2. Please indicate your level of interest in the following wellness offerings.                                                           Interested        Not interested  Exercise Program                                 665                       38  Health Screenings                                636                       62  Walking Trails                                     623                       75  Healthy Cafeteria Options                   591                      102  Nutrition Program                               564                       118  Stress Reduction                                 531                       141  Disease Prevention                             531                       151  Healthy Vending Machine Options     521                        159  Seminars on Health Topics                506                        154  Financial Wellness                             502                       171  Weight Management                           489                       191  Injury Prevention                                411                       250  Smoking Cessation                             176                       456    3. Are you currently a member of a fitness club?   Yes    207 (28.95%)  No    508 (71.05%)  If Yes, which one? The top three included Harper Student Wellness Center, Ladies Choice and LifeQuest. If not MUSC, why do you NOT use the MUSC Wellness Center?  The number one reason is cost.  4. Do you take advantage of wellness incentives offered by your insurance carrier?   Don’t know about them 538 (76.64%)   No    58 (8.26%)   Yes    106 (15.10%)  5. How would you prefer to receive notices about wellness activities?                          Yes                  No   E-mail             678                 42   Paycheck         268                452   Catalyst           242                478   Website           216                504   Newsletter       202                518   Flyers               111               609   Orientation       54                 666    6.  What time of day would you prefer to participate in wellness activities?                                  Yes               No  During evening        353              367   During lunch            333              387   During morning        270              450   During afternoon      239              481  7. What method of receiving wellness information do you prefer?                                                                          Yes             No   Prefer information I can read on my own        444           276   Prefer activities I can do on my own               383           337   Prefer group sessions                                      338           382   Prefer web site                                                285           435   Prefer individual sessions                               193           527   Prefer classroom speakers                               191           529   Prefer weekend conferences                              53            667 Gender        Female  559 (79.18%)          Male  147 (20.82%) Age         Median 43.86   Department and employee status University   399 (55.42%) Med Center Authority  218 (30.28%) UMA   99 (13.75%) CMH    4 (0.56%)