Occupational stress and associated factors among nurses working at public hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022; A hospital based cross-sectional study

Background: By its very nature, the nursing profession involves a lot of stress. Working in this field includes interacting with individuals who are already under a great deal of stress. Workplace stress affects the quality of services provided and also causes staff burnout, departure, and absenteeism. Objective: This study is to determine occupational stress and associated factors among nurses working at public hospitals, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2022. Materials and methods: < 0.05. The result was presented using text, tables, and graphs. Result: The study finding showed that 198 (47.8%) of nurses were occupationally stressful. Factors significantly associated with occupational stress among nurses were having children (no: AOR = 0.46, 95% CI: 0.22, 0.96) and work shift (rotating: AOR = 2.89, 95% CI: 1.87, 4.45). Conclusion: In this study, job stress affected over half of the nurses. The presence of children and respondents' work shifts were personal characteristics that were significantly linked to job stress. Therefore based on this result the government policy makers, different stakeholders and hospitals need to collaborate to reduce nurses job related stress.