Occupational Stress and Associated Factors Among Nurses Working at Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022

Elshaday Bekele; Zewdu Shewangizaw; Tsion Bekele

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Occupational Stress and Associated Factors Among Nurses Working at Public Hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022

Elshaday Bekele, Zewdu Shewangizaw, Tsion Bekele

Published in International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Science (Volume 8, Issue 4)

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Background: By its very nature, the nursing profession involves a lot of stress. Working in this field includes interacting with individuals who are already under a great deal of stress. Workplace stress affects the quality of services provided and also causes staff burnout, departure, and absenteeism. Objective: This study is to assess occupational stress and associated factors among nurses working at public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022. Method and Materials: An institutional based cross sectional study was conducted among 422 nurses working at public hospitals from March 1 to April 1/2022. Simple random sampling technique was used to select public hospitals. The data was collected by using a self-administered structured questionnaire (Expanded Nursing Stress Scale). The collected data was entered by Epi-data version 3.1 and analyzed by SPSS version 23. Binary logistic regression was used to assess associations between dependent and independent variables. Finally, texts, tables and graphs were used to describe study variables. Result: The study finding showed that 198 (47.8%) of nurses were occupationally stressful. Factors significantly associated with occupational stress among nurses were having children (no: AOR=0.46, 95% CI: 0.22, 0.96) and work shift (rotating: AOR=2.89, 95% CI: 1.87, 4.45). Conclusion: In this study, job stress affected over half of the nurses. The presence of children and respondents' work shifts were personal characteristics that were significantly linked to job stress. Therefore, Addis Abeba public hospitals should work with interested parties to develop a program for stress reduction to address occupational stress among nurses.

Published in	International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Clinical Science (Volume 8, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijbecs.20220804.11
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Stress, Occupational Stress, Nurses, Addis Ababa, Public Hospital

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Elshaday Bekele

School of Public Health, College of Medical and Health Science, Dilla University, Dilla, Ethiopia
Zewdu Shewangizaw

Kotebe University of Education, Menelik II Medical and Health Science College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tsion Bekele

Menelik II Medical and Health Science College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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