en Nursing Orginal research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="line-height:2;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Background:</span></i></b></span> <span new="" roman="" times="">One of the important strategies to provide quality care is to motivate healthcare workers</span><span new="" roman="" times="">. </span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Objectives: </span></i></b><span new="" roman="" times="">This study aimed to determine the components of job motivation among operating-room and anesthesia staff</span><span new="" roman="" times="">.</span></span></span><br> <span new="" roman="" times=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i>Methods:</i></b></span><span style="color:black"> This cross-sectional study was performed on 152 operating-room and anesthesia staff working in Zanjan hospitals and by the convenience sampling method. Data were collected using demographic and job motivation questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS 16 software and Pearson correlation coefficient and Mann-Whitney test.</span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Results</span></i></b><b><span new="" roman="" times="">:</span></b> </span><span new="" roman="" times="">The mean (SD) job motivation power was 25.2(11.9) which was relatively desirable. In the operating-room staff, the strongest relationship between the dimensions of motivation and total motivational power was related to the </span><span new="" roman="" times="">autonomy</span><span new="" roman="" times=""> dimension (r=0.7), and the weakest relationship was associated with the identity dimension (r=0.3). In the anesthesia staff, the strongest relationship was associated with the dimensions of </span><span new="" roman="" times="">autonomy</span><span new="" roman="" times=""> and feedback (r=0.6), and the weakest relationship was associated with the identity dimension (r=0.001) and total motivational power (P<0.001). Also, the mean (SD) skill variety dimension in operating-room staff was 3 (0.6), which was higher than that in the anesthesia staff was equal to 2.7(0.5) (P=0.015); but the mean score in other dimensions and the total score of motivational power between the two groups had no statistically significant difference </span><span new="" roman="" times="">(P>0.05)</span><span new="" roman="" times="">.</span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><span style="color:#2980b9;"><b><i><span new="" roman="" times="">Conclusion:</span></i></b> </span><span new="" roman="" times="">Given the low score of the job identity dimension, it is better for policy-makers and managers of the health system to take measures to strengthen this dimension of job motivation as one of the priorities of the healthcare system</span><span new="" roman="" times="">.</span></span></span><br> <span style="unicode-bidi:embed"><span sans-serif=""><b><i><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></i></b></span></span></span></span></span></div> Motivation, Professional Autonomy, Operating Room Technicians, Nurse Anesthetists 14 23 http://nmcjournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-734-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Seyede Fatemeh Gheiasi fatemeh.gheiasi@gmail.com 100319475328460014278 100319475328460014278 No PhD Candidate in Nursing, Department of Operating Room and Anesthesiology, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Amir Hossein Gitifard Amirhosseingitifard137798@gamil.com 100319475328460014279 100319475328460014279 No Graduate of Bachelor of Anesthesiology, Department of Operating Room and Anesthesiology, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Fatemeh Rafiei F.rafiei87@yahoo.com 100319475328460014280 100319475328460014280 No PhD in Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Vahideh Karimi Karimiv88@zums.ac.ir 100319475328460014281 100319475328460014281 No Instructor of Critical Care Nursing, Department of Prehospital Emergency Care, Abhar School of Nursing, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Soheila Rabie Siahkali Rabie2@zums.ac.ir 100319475328460014282 100319475328460014282 No Instructor of Medical Surgical Nursing, Department of Operating Room and Anesthesiology, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, IranIran Masomeh Hasanloo hasanlo_md@zums.ac.ir 100319475328460014283 100319475328460014283 Yes Instructor of Nursing, Department of Operating Room and Anesthesiology, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran