Abstract:
Background: Every healthcare professional is an integral to healthcare service delivery system.
Low job satisfaction can result in low productivity, absenteeism, improper patient care, patient
dissatisfied and poor quality of healthcare deliveries. Regarding to this issues there are no any
adequate information at the study area.
Objective: The aim of this study is to determine job satisfaction and associated factors among
healthcare professionals at Asella Referral Teaching Hospital Arsi University, Oromia region,
south-east Ethiopia.
Methods: A cross-sectional study design was employed to determine the level of job satisfaction
and associated factors among healthcare professionals at Asella Referral Teaching Hospital from
April 01- 10/2015. During study period 302 of healthcare professionals working in the hospital
were involved in the study. Data was collected using adapted self-administered questionnaire and
entered into computer and analyzed using Epi3.1& Statistical Package Social Sciences version
20.0 windows statistical software. The data was summarized and organized in tables and figure.
Factor score was computed for the items identified to represent the satisfaction scale by varimax
rotation method. Using this regression factor score, multivariate linear regression analysis was
performed and the effect of independent variables on the regression factor score was quantified
and P-value <0.05, at 95% CI was taken as cut off point for statistical significance.
Result: A total of 271 healthcare professionals responded for the self- administered
questionnaire; over half 139(51.9%) of the participants were females and the mean age was
(31±7.66) years for both sexes. It is found that about fifty seven percent (57.2%) of the health
care professionals were satisfied with their current job. Most of job satisfaction subscales such as
working condition, opportunity to develop, responsibility, patient care, staff relation, supervision
and salary& benefit were significantly influencing factors for job satisfaction at p-value
(p<0.01).
Conclusion: Health professionals‘ job satisfaction at Assela Referral Teaching Hospital was
slightly below moderate level of job satisfaction. Factors like working condition, supervision,
responsibilities and opportunity to develop were significantly influenced job satisfaction at
workplace. Therefore, the concerning body should work hard towards improving the level of job
satisfaction addressing the aforementioned major factor
