Administrative Factors and Key Success Factors Affecting Tuberculosis Control Performance of Health Personnel at Sub-District Health Promoting Hospitals in Kalasin Province

Abstract

This cross-sectional descriptive research aimed to study administrative factors and key success factors affecting tuberculosis control performance among health personnel at sub-district health promoting hospitals in Kalasin province. Population of this study was 156 health professionals responsible for tuberculosis control in sub-district health promoting hospitals in Kalasin province. Samples were 138 health professionals randomly selected from the population. Research instruments were questionnaires tested for content validity by three experts for reliability yielding Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.95. Data collection was administered during December 15, 2022 and January 31, 2023. The data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Significant level was set at p=0.05.

Results showed that overall administrative factors were at high relationship level (r=0.747; p-value<0.001) and key success factors were at a middle relationship level (r =0.707, p-value<0.001) with the tuberculosis control performance. Five variables consisted of key success factors: collaborations between sub-district health promoting hospitals and node hospitals, administrative factors: management, key success factor: image development of health care facilities, administrative factors: personnel management, and key success factors: related agencies at all levels have supporting plans affected and could jointly predict tuberculosis control performance among health personnel at sub-district health promoting hospitals in Kalasin at 75.9 percent (R²=0.759, p-value<0.001).