Comparative study of job satisfaction among health and treatment sectors' staffs; East Azarbaijan

Aims: Comparative invetigation of satisfaction rate in the subunits of big organizations will result in recognition of the factors influenced by the managers of each subunit. The aim of this study was to compar thr job satisfaction level between health and treatment deputy staff in East Azerbaijan province, Iran. Methods: This descriptive-analytical study was performed on 420 health and treatment personnel in East Azarbaijan, Iran in 2011. Samples were selected by 3-stage cluster sampling. Data were collected by a researcher-made job satisfaction questionnaire that measured 5 aspects of job satisfaction including structural and manageral, individual, social, job nature, environmental and welfare factors. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistical methods and analytical tests including Friedman test and MANOVA using SPSS 11 software. Results: The difference of job satisfaction mean was statistically significant between the GPs and midwifes of healthcare centers and hospitals in all dimentions (p<0.05). Hospital GPs and healthcare center midwifes reported a higher level of job satisfaction and healthcare center GPs and hospital midwifes repotted a lower level of job satisfaction. Health and treatment staff had the highest satisfaction average in individual factors and the lowest average in environmental and welfare factors. Conclusion: Job satisfaction mean does significanlty differ between the health and treatment personnel. Environmental and welfare factors may be targetted to improve job satisfaction in public health care system.