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Table 3 Level of motivation among CHWs (N = 235)

From: Community health worker motivation to perform systematic household contact tuberculosis investigation in a high burden metropolitan district in South Africa

Item

n (%) agreed

Mean (sd out of 4)

Job satisfaction

 I have happy thoughts and feelings about those I am able to help

233 (99.1)

3.72 (0.47)

 I am proud of what I can do to help others

234 (99.6)

3.76 (0.44)

 I believe I can make a difference in my work

231 (98.3)

3.68 (0.50)

 I am a hard worker

232 (98.7)

3.78 (0.45)

 I am punctual when coming to work

222 (94.5)

3.52 (0.63)

 I do things that need doing without being asked or told

222 (94.5)

3.52 (0.62)

Burnout

 I feel overwhelmed because my workload seems endlessa

122 (51.9)

2.42 (0.94)

 I feel overwhelmed by my work as a CHWa

136 (57.9)

2.31 (0.95)

 Sometimes when I get up in the morning I dread having to face another day at worka

117 (49.8)

2.51 (0.97)

 I only do this job to get paida

28 (11.9)

3.29 (0.78)

 I feel emotionally drained at the end of every daya

137 (58.3)

2.31 (0.93)

Team commitment

 I am proud to be working for the WBPHCOT

215 (91.5)

3.44 (0.78)

 I feel committed to working with this WBPHCOT

217 (92.3)

3.47 (0.71)

 The WBPHCOT inspires me to do my very best in my job working in the community

220 (93.6)

3.52 (0.64)

 I am satisfied with the services being provided by me

222 (94.5)

3.50 (0.67)

 My work makes me feel satisfied

220 (93.6)

3.52 (0.67)

  1. Mean motivation score was 52.26 (sd: 5.86) out of 64; N = 235. aScores for negatively worded questions were reverse coded such that 1 = strongly agree, 2 = agree, 3 = disagree and 4 = strongly disagree, a high score suggested higher motivation; sd standard deviation)