Perception of Caring Behaviors and Associated Factors Among Nurses Working in Harar Hospitals, Eastern Ethiopia

Amelework Fikre; Gudina Egata; Lemesa Abdisa; Elias Yadeta; Addisu Eyeberu; Merga Dheresa

doi:10.1177/23779608221143909

Perception of Caring Behaviors and Associated Factors Among Nurses Working in Harar Hospitals, Eastern Ethiopia

SAGE Open Nurs. 2022 Dec 18:8:23779608221143909. doi: 10.1177/23779608221143909. eCollection 2022 Jan-Dec.

Authors

Amelework Fikre¹, Gudina Egata², Lemesa Abdisa³, Elias Yadeta³, Addisu Eyeberu³, Merga Dheresa³

Affiliations

¹ Hiwot Fana Compressive Specialized Hospital, Harar, Ethiopia.
² Addis Ababa University, College of Health Science, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
³ Haramaya University, College of Health and Medical Science, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Haramaya, Ethiopia.

Abstract

Introduction: Perception of caring behavior is very necessary to enhance human life, and the provision of health care, and is considered a basic key in the provision of healthcare facilities. Even though all nursing interventions are verified through nurse caring behaviors, poor perception of caring behaviors reduces the well-being of the patients.

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the perception of caring behaviors and associated factors among nurses working in Harar Hospitals, Eastern Ethiopia.

Methods: An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 465 randomly selected nurses. Data were collected by using a pretested and structured self-administered questionnaire. Descriptive statistics including frequency table, mean, standard deviation, and percentage were employed. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with the good perception of caring behaviors. Variables with a p-value of < .05 were considered statistically significant.

Results: This study revealed that the proportion of nurses who had a good perception of caring behaviors was found to be 63.4% (95% CI: 58.5-68.2%). High-level education (AOR = 2.98, 95% CI: 1.28-4.34), low workload (AOR = 1.22, 95% CI: 1.16-3.05), satisfied with a job (AOR = 1.92, 95% CI: 1.42-4.01), good relation with coworkers (AOR = 4.56, 95% CI: 2.15-9.67) were significantly associated with a good perception of caring behaviors.

Conclusions: This study reported that the proportion of nurses who had a good perception of caring behaviors was 63.4%. Educational level, workload, job satisfaction, and joint participation in the decision-making process were factors significantly associated with good perceptions of nurses caring behavior. Therefore, nurses caring behavior is enhanced by increasing educational levels, creating a conducive working environment, and making nursing active in the decision-making process to improve the perception of nurses toward nurses caring behavior.

Keywords: Eastern Ethiopia; nurse; perception of caring behavior.