Health Workers Attitude and Productivity in Selected Public Healthcare Facilities in Delta State

Abstract

This paper discusses factors that affecting patients in the hospitals on daily basis. The study employed a cross-sectional descriptive research design. The accessible population of study consists of two thousand three hundred and eight (2,308) clinical health workers of the three institutions used in the area of study. The sample size of 400 health workers comprised of 102 doctors, 239 nurses, and 59 Physiotherapist was used for the study. The sample size was determined through the use of the Taro Yamane formula. A stratified sampling technique was used to select respondents for the study. The simple random sampling technique was used to draw the sampled respondents from the population. The instrument used for data collection is a questionnaire. Frequency, percentage and mean were used for the answering of the research questions while chi-square was used for testing of null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. Findings shows that the relationship between health workers negligence and in-patients’ recovery, the implication of the result of the mean analysis shows that frequent neglect by health workers, unnecessary delays, lack of empathy, discriminate and lack of dedication do not affect in-patients’ recovery in public health facilities in Delta State. Finally, result of the analysis of the second research question implies that the implication is that health care workers are not hostile to in-patients or verbally abuse them. This outcome is affirmed by the claim of the test of hypothesis which reveals that Health workers’ aggression does not significantly relate to in-patients’ recovery and Workplace hostilities, unhealthy rivalries among health workers, inadequate human, Financial and social Resources, Professional Exhaustion and poor remuneration hinder health workers productivity towards in-patients’ recovery. Workplace hostilities do not affect health workers’ productivity.