The Motivation of Medical Staff and the Work Interestedness in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic, in a Tertiary Hospital in Romania
Abstract
:1. Introduction
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- H01: the degree of staff motivation is influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic;
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- Ha1: the degree of staff motivation is not influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic;
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- H02: the interestedness of work is influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic;
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- Ha2: the interestedness of work is not influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
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- are you motivated? (question 1);
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- appreciate the interestedness of the work performed. (question 2).
2.2. Statistical Analysis
2.3. Participants
3. Results
4. Discussions
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total |
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No. of questionnaires | 781 | 549 | 900 | 2230 |
Women % | 82.84% | 85.61% | 80.56% | 82.60% |
Men % | 17.16% | 14.39% | 19.44% | 17.40% |
Higher education % | 47.98% | 48.87% | 51.41% | 49.59% |
Medium education % | 44.24% | 46.40% | 42.95% | 44.24% |
General studies % | 7.79% | 4.73% | 5.64% | 6.17% |
Year | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Total | ||||
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Staff Employed | Nr. of Quest. | Average Age | Nr. of Quest. | Average Age | Nr. of Quest. | Average Age | Nr. of Quest. | AVERAGE Age |
Physicians | 126 | 43.48 ± 9.74 | 88 | 41.09 ± 11.79 | 181 | 42.91 ± 11.12 | 395 | 42.60 ± 10.89 |
Nurses | 284 | 42.48 ± 7.64 | 202 | 44.46 ± 7.21 | 357 | 43.51 ± 8.34 | 843 | 43.38 ± 7.84 |
Aux. staff | 232 | 46.22 ± 7.96 | 134 | 47.33 ± 7.58 | 245 | 45.04 ± 8.25 | 611 | 45.97 ± 8.04 |
Laboratory | 67 | 46.27 ± 7.95 | 65 | 46.57 ± 8.13 | 56 | 46.51 ± 9.71 | 188 | 46.45 ± 8.54 |
Radiology | 27 | 40.24 ± 10.20 | 20 | 46.61 ± 7.67 | 22 | 40.40 ± 11.32 | 69 | 42.11 ± 10.19 |
TESA | 45 | 44.85 ± 6.89 | 40 | 48.48 ± 6.95 | 39 | 46.52 ± 7.55 | 124 | 46.45 ± 7.21 |
Hospital | 781 | 44.07 ± 8.35 | 549 | 45.09 ± 8.62 | 900 | 44.10 ± 9.08 | 2230 | 44.34 ± 8.71 |
Professional Category | Sex | Year 2019 | Year 2020 | Year 2021 | ||||||
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no. | % Yes | p | no. | % Yes | p | no. | % Yes | p | ||
Physicians | women | 70 | 77.14% | =0.6 | 47 | 89.36% | =0.8 | 110 | 79.09% | =0.08 |
men | 56 | 75.37% | 41 | 85.37% | 71 | 90.14% | ||||
Nurses | women | 272 | 75.37% | =0.3 | 195 | 69.23% | =0.2 | 329 | 72.34% | =1 |
men | 12 | 91.67% | 7 | 100% | 28 | 71.43% | ||||
Aux. staff | women | 192 | 60.94% | =0.8 | 118 | 72.03% | =0.6 | 195 | 65.64% | =0.1 |
men | 40 | 65% | 16 | 62.50% | 90 | 78% | ||||
Laboratory | women | 56 | 91.07% | =0.6 | 56 | 76.79% | =0.2 | 48 | 83.33% | =1 |
men | 11 | 100% | 9 | 100% | 8 | 87.50% | ||||
Radiology | women | 23 | 73.91% | =0.5 | 17 | 88.24% | =1 | 16 | 75% | =1 |
men | 4 | 100% | 3 | 100% | 6 | 83.33% | ||||
TESA | women | 34 | 58.82% | =0.7 | 37 | 89.19% | =0.8 | 27 | 81.48% | =0.3 |
men | 11 | 45.45% | 3 | 66.67% | 12 | 100% | ||||
Hospital | women | 647 | 71.72% | =0.3 | 470 | 75.11% | 0.1 | 725 | 72.69% | <0.01 |
men | 134 | 76.87% | 79 | 83.54% | 175 | 84% |
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Ilea, C.D.N.; Daina, M.D.; Venter, A.C.; Șuteu, C.L.; Sabău, M.; Badau, D.; Daina, L.G. The Motivation of Medical Staff and the Work Interestedness in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic, in a Tertiary Hospital in Romania. Healthcare 2023, 11, 813. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060813
Ilea CDN, Daina MD, Venter AC, Șuteu CL, Sabău M, Badau D, Daina LG. The Motivation of Medical Staff and the Work Interestedness in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic, in a Tertiary Hospital in Romania. Healthcare. 2023; 11(6):813. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060813
Chicago/Turabian StyleIlea, Codrin Dan Nicolae, Mădălina Diana Daina, Alina Cristiana Venter, Corina Lacramioara Șuteu, Monica Sabău, Dana Badau, and Lucia Georgeta Daina. 2023. "The Motivation of Medical Staff and the Work Interestedness in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic, in a Tertiary Hospital in Romania" Healthcare 11, no. 6: 813. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11060813