ASSESSMENT OF SELF-REPORTED LEVEL OF WORK ABILITY AND ITS ASSOCIATED FACTORS AMONG NURSES WORKING AT COMPREHENSIVE SPECIALIZED HOSPITALS IN AMHARA REGION, NORTHWEST ETHIOPIA, 2022

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Abstract Introduction: - An inadequate levels of work ability had a high risk of disability pension, increased sickness absences, had an impact on retirement intention, caused fewer employment benefits, and cause workers to leave their job and profession early. Also, hurt employee’s quality of life. Among four hospitals nurse staff, one nurse staff is estimated to have inadequate level of work ability worldwide. Nurses frequently suffer from job related stress, occupational fatigue and sleep problems which can further compromise their work ability. Despite this fact, there are only few studies on work ability among nurses in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia. Objective: -To assess self-reported level of work ability and its associated factors among nurses working at Comprehensive specialized hospitals in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia, 2022. Methods and materials: -A multi-center, institutional based, Cross-sectional study were conducted from June 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022 among nurses working at Comprehensive Specialized hospitals in Amhara region, Northwest Ethiopia. The data were collected by using structured, self-administered questionnaire and entered by using Epi info version 7.2.5 software, then, exported, checked, sorted, categorized, coded and analyzed using SPSS version 25. Summary statistics (median or IQR for continuous data and frequency and percentage for categorical variables) were used. Model fitness was checked by deviances -2loglikhood ratio. Parallel line test was checked and revealed p-value= 0.138. The ordinal logistic regression was used to asses’ the presences of association between dependent and independent variables. Results and discussions: -The finding of this study revealed that 242 (59.0%) of nurses had poor level of work ability, whereas 34.4% and 6.6% of nurses had sub-optimal and optimal level of work ability respectively. Multivariable ordinal logistic regression revealed that being male [AOR = 2.43; 95% CI (1.52,3.91)], being BSC nurse [AOR = 0.21; 95% CI (0.08, 0.51)], nurses who had poor sleep quality [ AOR = 0.34; 95% CI (0.12, 0.98)] and nurses who had chronic disease [ AOR = 0.18; 95% CI (0.08, 0.41)] were significantly associated with nurses’ level of work ability, p-value <0.05. Conclusion and recommendations: -In this study the prevalence of poor level of work ability among nurses were high. Nurses with Female sex, who had chronic disease, BSC holders and who had poor sleep quality had a poor level of work ability. Federal minster of health and the study hospitals collaborative with concerned stakeholders to design strategies to enhances work ability among nurses. Keywords: - Associated factors, Nurses, Northwest Ethiopia, Work ability