Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Mental Health among Medical Staff Working in Masasi District Hospitals and Healthcare Centers, Tanzania
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2022-07-11
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
Mental health disorder has been considered as one of the critical problems at the workplace. Studies
carried across the world have shown that there is a relationship between job satisfaction and mental
health. However, there are limited studies conducted among medical staff working in Masasi District
hospitals and healthcare centers in Tanzania. The current cross-sectional correlational research study was
carried out to investigate the relationship between job satisfaction and mental health among the medical
staff working in Masasi District, Tanzania. The specific objectives of the study were: to investigate the
level of job satisfaction among the medical staff; to establish the prevalence of mental health among the
medical staff; and to measure the relationship between job satisfaction and mental health among the
medical staff. Systematic random sampling technique was used to obtain 223 participants for the study.
Self-administered questionnaires which included Brayfield and Rothe scale, were used to test job
satisfaction and Goldberg and Hillier (GHQ-28) scale was used to test mental health. Descriptive and
inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. In regard to objective one, the results show that the
participants with negative job satisfaction were higher 53.8% (n = 120) compared to those participants
with positive job satisfaction 46.2% (n = 103). The result in objective two revealed non-disordered
somatic symptoms were higher 70.3% compared to disorder at 29.7%. As for anxiety/insomnia
symptoms, the results show non-disordered 61.4% compared to 38.6% disordered. As regard to social
dysfunction, the results indicate that the participants with non-disordered social dysfunction symptoms
were higher 74.9% compared disordered at 25.1%. With reference to participants with severe depression,
the results shows that the participants with non-disordered severe depression symptoms were higher
78.5% compared with disordered at 21.5%. The results in objective three show that there was a significant
relationship between job satisfaction and mental health among the participants (p = .000). The study
might help the ministry of health to increase awareness of the relationship between job satisfaction and
mental health.
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Relationship Between Job Satisfaction and Mental Health among Medical Staff Working in Masasi District Hospitals and Healthcare Centers, Tanzania