Professional Motivation of Anaesthesiologists in Portugal
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https://doi.org/10.25751/rspa.15241Keywords:
Job Satisfaction; Motivation; Anesthesiologists Medical Staff, Hospital; Surveys and QuestionnairesAbstract
Background: Labour motivation has been gaining a prominent status in organizational performance, with focus on strategic management, individual and group performance, quality and success of results.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate professional motivation of anaesthesiologists in Portugal and different sociodemographic and professional groups.
Methods: A transversal observational analytical and descriptive study, conducted through a questionnaire sent by e-mail to all anaesthesiologists of Portuguese Anaesthesiology Society. The questionnaire has 16 questions of demographic and professional order and 28 questions directed to labour motivation. A descriptive and exploratory analysis of the data was performed through SPSS 24.0®.
Results: A total of 110 physicians responded to the survey. The motivation scores were always equal or greater than 3 in all of domains. Work organization was the domain with the lowest motivation score, and attendings had worse scores when compared to residents (p<0.05). Anesthesiologists working in non-university hospitals, those with private activity and singles appear to be more
motivated (p<0.05).
Discussion: The motivational results may be considered satisfactory and encouraging, although we must take into account that answers to this questionnaire most likely came from motivated anesthesiologists
who answered voluntarily.
Conclusion: Anaesthesiology residents and attendings seem to maintain satisfactory levels of motivation, although organizational performance received worse scores than other domains of the questionnaire and this is an issue that justifies further reflection and improvement.
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