Perceived Work Environment and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in Jimma University Medical Center, Oromia Regional State South- West Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gizaw AB ◽  
Gemeda TL ◽  
Yunka TT
Keyword(s):  
Work Environment ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
South West ◽  
Regional State ◽  
South West Ethiopia ◽  
Jimma University

scholarly journals Caring behavior and associated factors among nurses working in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, Oromia, South West Ethiopia, 2019

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adugna Oluma ◽  
Muktar Abadiga
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Caring Behavior ◽  
South West ◽  
Specialized Hospital ◽  
South West Ethiopia ◽  
Jimma University

Abstract BACK GROUND Caring behaviors are actions concerned with the wellbeing of the patients such as sensitivity, comforting, attentive listening, honest and nonjudgmental acceptance. Nurses have an opportunity to convey caring and feeling being cared through their behavior. Behavior associated with caring has a paramount role in linking nursing interaction to the client in experiences but, the concept is ambiguous and elusive toward different scholars to reach on common understanding which is myth in dealing with caring behavior. Only a few studies have been done on the caring behavior and associated factors globally, and no study was done in this study area. OBJECTIVE To assess caring behavior and its associated factors among nurses working in Jimma University specialized hospital, south west Ethiopia. METHODS An institutional based cross-sectional study design was conducted on a sample of 224 nurses working in Jimma university specialized hospital from March 20-April 20, 2019. Data was collected by self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics including frequency table, mean, standard deviation and percentage were employed. Bivariate and multiple linear regression analysis were used with regression coefficient (β), coefficient of determinant (R2), CI 95% and p<0.05 were used for statistical significance. RESULTS The overall proportion of nurses caring behavior was 80.3% which was mostly measured in terms of professional –technical (82.9%) and psychosocial (81.3%) dimension. Job satisfaction as personal satisfaction (beta=1.12, p=0.00), professional satisfaction, (beta=1.07, p=0.00), joint participation in caring process (beta=0.58, p=0.00,) satisfaction with nurse management (beta=0.85, p=00) were significantly associated with caring behavior. CONCLUSION The proportion of nurse’s who had high perception of caring behavior was found to be lower. Thus, all predictors have their own effect on enhancing job satisfaction, improving and creating conducive management and working environment to increase caring behavior. Further comparative studies involving multidisciplinary and patient point of view were recommended.

scholarly journals EXPRESSED EMOTION AND SELECTED PATIENTS’ CLINICAL FACTORS AMONG CAREGIVERS OF SCHIZOPHRENIC PATIENTS VISITING JIMMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER PSYCHIATRY OUT PATIENT UNIT, SOUTH WEST ETHIOPIA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bethlehem Yimam ◽  
Matiwos Soboka ◽  
Yemiamrew Getachew ◽  
Bezaye Alemu ◽  
Gutema Ahmed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Expressed Emotion ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
High Status ◽  
Clinical Factors ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
South West ◽  
Schizophrenic Patients ◽  
South West Ethiopia ◽  
Jimma University

ABSTRACTBackgroundExpressed emotion (EE) measures the emotion of the caregivers of persons with schizophrinia and is predictive of symptom levels in a range of medical and psychiatric conditions. It is worth to assess expressed emotion and associated factors among caregivers of patient with schizophrenia in Ethiopia since there is limited data on this issue in this part of the world.ObjectiveTo assess the status of expressed emotions and selecte patients’ clinical factors among care givers of patients with schizophrenia attending psychiatry oupatient unit of Jimma university medical center, South west, Ethiopia, 2019.MethodA cross-sectional study design employed involving 422 caregivers of schizophrenic patients using consecutive sampling technique. Data was collected using structured interviewer administrated questionnaires (Family Questioners) which assess the level of expressed emotion, entered into Epidata 4.4 and analyzed by Statistical package for social science (SPSS) version 25. Descripitive statistics used to summerize data, bivariate logistic regression was done to identify candidate variables for multivariable logistic regressions and the association between expressed emotion and predictor variables was identified by using multiple logistic regression model.ResultsHigh expressed emotion was observed in 43.6% of respondents. Caring for schizophrenic patients for about 6-8 years, having 3-4 episodes of the illness was significantly associated with high expressed emotion.ConclusionsThis study revealed that there is high status of care givers expressed emotion compared to other studies. It also showed that number of episode of illnesses had significant association with high caregivers expressed emotion. Health care systems, which provide interventions for patients with schizophrenia, need to design proper strategy to address caregivers need as well.

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