Author/Authors :
Bagheri، Shokoufe نويسنده Students Research Committee, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , , Janati، Ali نويسنده Department of Health Care Management, School of Health & Nutrition, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences , , Kousha، Ahmad نويسنده Department of Statistics and Management, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, Tabriz, Iran Kousha, Ahmad , Sadeghi Bazargani، Homayoun نويسنده Rehabilitation & Physical Medicine Research Center, Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Faculty of Health and Nutrition, TabrizUniversity of M , , Asghari-Jafarabadi، Mohammad نويسنده Medical Education Research Center, Faculty of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran , , Farahbakhsh، Mostafa نويسنده Department of Psychology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran Farahbakhsh, Mostafa
Abstract :
Background: The aim of this study was to compare the levels of job satisfaction
and its predictors among primary health care and treatment sectorsʹ staff in East
Azerbaijan Province, Iran.
Methods: This comparative study was conducted in East Azerbaijan Province,
Iran in 2011. A questionnaire survey was performed on 420 staff from health care
and treatment sectors using multi-stage proportional cluster sampling method. Job
satisfaction was measured in five aspects namely: structural and managerial;
individual; social; work-itself; environmental and welfare job satisfaction factors.
The job satisfaction measurement score was normalized to fall into a range of
zero to 100. Statistical analyses were performed using Friedman and independent
sample t-tests.
Results: Overall satisfaction in health and treatment sectors was moderate with a
mean score above 50. Hospital General Practitioners reported significantly higher job
satisfaction score (mean ± SD=57.34 ± 17.02) compared to health care center
General Practitioners (mean ± SD= 31.74±14.99). The highest satisfaction scores
belonged to individual factors both in health care sector staff (64.83±18.50) and
treatment sector staff (63.55±17.44). The lowest job satisfaction was observed with
environmental and welfare factors (38.47±19.86 and 36.83±19.86, respectively).
Conclusion: The job satisfaction significantly differs between primary health care
and treatment sectors. Based on the results, environmental and welfare factors
may be targeted to improve the job satisfaction in public health care system.
