ABSTRACT
Job satisfaction represents individuals' positive or negative attitude towards their occupation. Job satisfaction is of high significance in health care field and could affects the quality of patients' health care and satisfaction. Every organization should pay considerable attention to job satisfaction and performance and continually monitor these indices. Therefore, we aimed to determine the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance of midwives, employed in health care centers of Mashhad, Iran. This descriptive correlational study was performed on 90 midwives, working in healthcare centers of Mashhad, Iran, in 2014 who were selected through multistage sampling from five healthcare centers. Data collection tools included a questionnaire to record demographic, personal and occupational data, Minnesota Job Satisfaction Questionnaire [MSQ] as well as a self-structured observational checklist to measure the quality of educational, care, and communicative job performance of midwives. SPSS version 19 was used to analyze data through descriptive statistics, and also Spearman and Kruskal-Wallis tests. The mean age of the participants was 39.63 +/- 6.92 years. Spearman correlation test showed a direct correlation between job satisfaction and the total score of job performance [P<0.001, r=0.490]. A direct relationship was also found between job satisfaction and the quality of educational performance [P<0.001, r=0.415], care performance [P<0.001, r=0.335], and communicative performance [P<0.001, r=0.510]. There was a positive correlation between job satisfaction and job performance of midwives. Therefore, it is recommended that health care administrators provide organizational supports for midwives to improve their professional performance
ABSTRACT
Marital satisfaction is correlated with mental health, general happiness, professional achievements and successful social interactions. It seems that sexual satisfaction is one of the necessities for a healthy and sustainable marital relationship. Some studies have revealed that sexual dissatisfaction is the underlying cause of nearly 80% of marital conflicts, while, some other studies have suggested infertility as one of the key factors affecting sexual satisfaction. This study was undertaken to compare marital and sexual satisfaction in fertile and infertile women. In this cross-sectional analytical study carried out during 2007, one hundred fertile women attending the family planning units of Mashad Urban Health Centers, and one hundred infertile women, attending Montaserieh Infertility Center were chosen by quota sampling. The participants were 22-45 years old and had no extramarital relationships. The fertile women used a contraceptive method but the infertile ones had been unable to conceive a child after a year of regular and unprotected intercourse. The subjects who were willing to participate in the study were asked to complete two sexual satisfaction and general health questionnaires [GHQ28]. There were no significant statistical differences between the fertile or the infertile women regarding the demographic data and the general health status of the participants. Sexual satisfaction was not significantly different between the fertile and infertile groups and both showed average degrees of sexual satisfaction [59.66 +/- 12.23 and 61.65 +/- 11.62, respectively; p=0.24]. Average sexual satisfaction was noted in both fertile and infertile individuals, which depicts the inadequate sexual knowledge of the subjects and insufficient provision of pre- and post-marriage consultations. Holding educational sessions and providing consultations on subjects related to sexual satisfaction is suggested to increase the feeling in couples