[Examining the motivational power of occupational therapy profession among occupational therapist in Fars providence in 1390]

ABSTRACT

Occupational Therapy [OT] as a holistic profession considers all aspects of a disease and leads the patients towards independent daily activities by providing appropriate treatment techniques. Considering the importance of this major in the health sector, it is required that the occupational and educational planners examine the intrinsic factors affecting the motivation of the occupational therapists. The purpose of this study was to determine the job motivation among occupational therapist of Pars province based on Motivating Potential Score [MPS], so that, the job dimension and finally the motivational power of this profession should be examined. This cross-sectional study was conducted in 1390. The statistical population includes all occupational therapist [41 people] of Pars province. Data collection tool was the valid questionnaire of Job Characteristics Model [JCM] adopted from John Wagner. Pearson correlation coefficient was used. To examine the reliability of questionnaire the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used. In order to determine the validity of it, the Content validity was used. There was no significant relationship between demographic variables and the motivational power [p>0.05]. The mean scores was 2.73 +/- 0.16 for Skill Variety, 2.04 +/- 0.15 for Task Identity, 2.60 +/- 0.14 for Task Significance, 2.82 +/- 0.16 for Autonomy, 2.43 +/- 0,12 for Feedback and the mean score of OT motivational power was 19.21 +/- 15.49. In this study the motivational power of OT profession was low. Based on MPS, The structure of OT does not provide intrinsic motivation for its practitioners