Factors Affecting the Work Ability of Health Personnel in Health Promoting Hospitals in Yala Province:

Abstract

This descriptive research aimed to: 1) study the level of work ability, and 2) consider factors affecting work ability among health personnel in health promoting hospital in Yala province. The population groups of this research included 427 persons working at health promoting hospitals in Yala province in 2014, all 222 sample size calculated by using Yamane formula. Questionnaire were distributed to all of them and 420  (96.38%) of health personnel reply. Research instrument was a questionnaire divided into five parts:1) demographic data, 2) effort-reward Imbalance (ERI), 3) quality of life (WHOQOL-BREF), 4) Work Ability Index (WAI), and 5) way of life in risk-prone areas under insurgency terrorism. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to examine reliability of parts 2), 3) and 4) yielding values of 0.96, 0.86 and 0.53 respectively. Statistical analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, Pearson’s Product Moment correlation, and Stepwise Multiple Regression Analysis.

The research findings found the following.

1. Overall, the work ability of the health personnel working at health promoting hospital in Yala province was at a moderate level.

2. The factors affecting the work ability of the health personnel working at health promoting hospitals in Yala province were reward, physical domain, and social relationships. These factors could predict 8.60% of the variance of work ability with statistical significance (p<.05).

The findings of this study suggest that administrators should promote, and support health personnel concerning all those factors affecting the work ability.