Factores que influyen en el absentismo laboral del personal de enfermería del Hospital General IESS de la ciudad de Milagro año 2015 - 2016.

Abstract

Work absenteeism is a problem that harms organizations, as it affects the normal development of activities. The objective of this research was to determine the factors that influence the work absenteeism of the nursing staff of the IESS General Hospital in the city of Milagro. The methodology of the research had a mixed approach, a descriptive and correlational scope, the research design was of the transversal and field type. The population was the nursing staff of the hospital, the sample was 206 patients; however, 216 collaborators were investigated. A survey of 17 questions and an interview with three managers of the organization were used. It was identified that those who register higher absenteeism are women, people with ages of 30 to 39 years, are absent from one to five days, graduates, people with seniority of 11 to 15 years, apply for sick leave. By means of the Chi-square test it was evidenced that there is a relationship between certain factors with respect to the level of absenteeism; being stress and work overload the main factors by which the rate of absenteeism is high in the institution. Therefore, strategies of control, awareness, commitment and work quality were implemented in order to generate a pleasant environment for the employees of the organization.