title: Motivation and Factors Affecting It among Health Professionals in the Public Hospitals, Central Ethiopia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Motivation is an individual's degree of willingness to exert and maintain an effort towards organizational goals. This study assessed motivational status and factors affecting it among health professionals in public hospitals of West Shoa Zone, Oromia Region.
  
  
  METHODS
  Facility based cross-sectional survey was employed. All health professionals who served at least for 6 months in Ambo, Gedo and Gindeberet hospitals were included. Self-administered Likert scale type questionnaire was used. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Mean motivation calculated as percentage of maximum scale score was used. Bivariate and multiple linear regression analyses were done to see the independent effects of explanatory variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall motivation level of health professionals was 63.63%. Motivation level of health professionals varied among the hospitals. Gindeberet Hospital had lower motivation score as compared to Ambo Hospital (B = -0.54 and 95% CI; -0.08,-0.27). The mean motivation score of health professionals who got monthly financial benefit was significantly higher than those who did not (B = 0.71 and 95% CI; 0.32, 1.10). Environmental factors had higher impact on doctors' motivation compared to nurses' (B = 0.51 and 95% CI; 0.10, 0.92). Supervisor-related factors highly varied in motivation relative to other variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Motivation of health professionals was affected by factors related to supervisor, financial benefits, job content and hospital location. Efforts should be made to provide financial benefits to health professionals as appropriate especially, to those who did not get any such benefits. Officially recognizing best performance is also suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Service Management, Jimma University, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Tesfaye
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dagne
authors.affiliation: Shashemene Town Health Office, Oromiya, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Waju
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Beyene
authors.affiliation: Shashemene Town Health Office, Oromiya, Ethiopia.
authors.forename: Negalign
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berhanu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006779:Hospitals, Public; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009726:Nurses; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D010820:Physicians; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ethiopia; Health Professionals; Hospital; Motivation; Oromia; West Shoa