Quality of work-life and associated factors among nurses working in Wollega zones public hospitals, West Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study
Background: Health care organizations should emphasize their professional quality of work-life to retain committed and qualified employees. Improvement of quality of work-life among health care providers, particularly nurses, positively affects patient outcomes. However, little information is known...
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| description | Background: Health care organizations should emphasize their professional quality of work-life to retain committed and qualified employees. Improvement of quality of work-life among health care providers, particularly nurses, positively affects patient outcomes. However, little information is known about the quality of work-life among nurses in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the quality of work-life and associated factors among nurses working in Wollega zones in public hospitals, West Ethiopia. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 212 nurses from November to December 2018. The study participants were selected using a simple random sampling method. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire and were entered into Epi-data version 3.1 and exported into SPSS version 20.0 for analysis. The binary logistic regression model was conducted to assess the association between the quality of work-life and each independent variable. Multivariable logistic regressions were used to identify factors associated with the quality of work-life and the statistical significance was declared at a p-value of <0.05. Result: A total of 212 nurses were involved in the study (response rate 92.17 %). The majority (61.3 %) of the respondents were males. The mean age of the respondent was 28.36 (SD = 4.1) years. The study revealed that about 108(50.9 %) of nurses had a good quality of work-life. Nurses who have no dependent family were 2.73 times more likely to have a good quality of work-life compared to those who have a dependent family (AOR 2.73, 95 % CI: 1.38, 5.39). Nurses whose monthly income 446–5294 were 2.39times more likely to have a good quality of work-life compared to those who got less than 3653 (AOR 2.39 95 % CI: 1.08, 5.27). Conclusion: Nearly half of the nurses had poor quality of work life. Monthly income and the presence of a dependent family were identified factors associated with quality of work life. Therefore, hospital management, concerned stakeholders, and policymakers are suggested to enhance nurses’ quality of work-life by improving their salary, work environment, and workload. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c60b672966a24e5cb67f81c845cb6a9c2022-12-22T04:21:26ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences2214-13912022-01-0117100466Quality of work-life and associated factors among nurses working in Wollega zones public hospitals, West Ethiopia: A cross-sectional studyGetu Mosisa0Muktar Abadiga1Adugna Oluma2Bizuneh Wakuma3Corresponding author.; School of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Sciences, Wollega University, EthiopiaSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Sciences, Wollega University, EthiopiaSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Sciences, Wollega University, EthiopiaSchool of Nursing and Midwifery, Institute of Health Sciences, Wollega University, EthiopiaBackground: Health care organizations should emphasize their professional quality of work-life to retain committed and qualified employees. Improvement of quality of work-life among health care providers, particularly nurses, positively affects patient outcomes. However, little information is known about the quality of work-life among nurses in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the quality of work-life and associated factors among nurses working in Wollega zones in public hospitals, West Ethiopia. Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted on 212 nurses from November to December 2018. The study participants were selected using a simple random sampling method. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire and were entered into Epi-data version 3.1 and exported into SPSS version 20.0 for analysis. The binary logistic regression model was conducted to assess the association between the quality of work-life and each independent variable. Multivariable logistic regressions were used to identify factors associated with the quality of work-life and the statistical significance was declared at a p-value of <0.05. Result: A total of 212 nurses were involved in the study (response rate 92.17 %). The majority (61.3 %) of the respondents were males. The mean age of the respondent was 28.36 (SD = 4.1) years. The study revealed that about 108(50.9 %) of nurses had a good quality of work-life. Nurses who have no dependent family were 2.73 times more likely to have a good quality of work-life compared to those who have a dependent family (AOR 2.73, 95 % CI: 1.38, 5.39). Nurses whose monthly income 446–5294 were 2.39times more likely to have a good quality of work-life compared to those who got less than 3653 (AOR 2.39 95 % CI: 1.08, 5.27). Conclusion: Nearly half of the nurses had poor quality of work life. Monthly income and the presence of a dependent family were identified factors associated with quality of work life. Therefore, hospital management, concerned stakeholders, and policymakers are suggested to enhance nurses’ quality of work-life by improving their salary, work environment, and workload.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214139122000737NursesQuality of work-lifeWollega Zones |
| spellingShingle | Getu Mosisa Muktar Abadiga Adugna Oluma Bizuneh Wakuma Quality of work-life and associated factors among nurses working in Wollega zones public hospitals, West Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences Nurses Quality of work-life Wollega Zones |
| title | Quality of work-life and associated factors among nurses working in Wollega zones public hospitals, West Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Quality of work-life and associated factors among nurses working in Wollega zones public hospitals, West Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Quality of work-life and associated factors among nurses working in Wollega zones public hospitals, West Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Quality of work-life and associated factors among nurses working in Wollega zones public hospitals, West Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Quality of work-life and associated factors among nurses working in Wollega zones public hospitals, West Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | quality of work life and associated factors among nurses working in wollega zones public hospitals west ethiopia a cross sectional study |
| topic | Nurses Quality of work-life Wollega Zones |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214139122000737 |
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