Open AccessWork Environment in Mosul city Hospitals
Author(s) -
Marab Younis Abdullah Al-Fathy,
Nahla Khalaf Ali,
Muna Muneer Ahmed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iraq medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2523-1634
pISSN - 2521-8492
DOI - 10.22317/imj0103202
Subject(s) - psychology , work (physics) , sample (material) , health care , cross sectional study , medicine , demography , gerontology , family medicine , applied psychology , statistics , mathematics , engineering , sociology , mechanical engineering , chemistry , chromatography , economics , economic growth
Objectives: Investigating the vision of health care workers about their work environment.
Methods: A cross sectional study design was done in eight hospital in Mosul city for a period extended for ten months duration 1st Jan-Nov 2018 including 673 health care worker choosing by simple random selection, using standardize questionnaire form consist from three item psycho-social, physical condition of work place and practicing of personal protective equipment. Data were presented in suitable tables and figures. Percentage were calculated for the various group variables using Chi-Square for Goodness of Fit، Mean ± SD, P-value at a level of significance equal to or less than 0.05 was considered.
Results: The mean age± SD of study sample was 38.28±9.71 as 57.1% , 42.9% male and female respectively. The study revealed overall percentage of agreement regarding psychological and social, physical condition of work environment was 29.1% and 41.6% respectively. Compliance with practicing personal protection equipment was low (29.4%). The grand mean assessment of all over work place condition it was 1.8 below the cut-off point (cut – off point = 2).
Conclusions: The study concluded that work environment (psychological, social and physical) condition and compliance to practicing standard precaution were unacceptable to the health worker in Mosul city hospital 2018.