Health care professionals' motivation, their behaviors, and the quality of hospital care: A mixed-methods systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health care professionals' work motivation is assumed to be crucial for the quality of hospital care, but it is unclear which type of motivation ought to be stimulated to improve quality. Motivation and similar concepts are aligned along a motivational continuum that ranges from (intrinsic) autonomous motivation to (extrinsic) controlled motivation to provide a framework for this mixed-methods systematic review.

Purpose

This mixed-methods systematic review aims to link various types of health care professionals' motivation directly and through their work-related behaviors to quality of care.

Methods

Six databases were searched from January 1990 to August 2016. Qualitative and quantitative studies were included if they reported on work motivation in relation

SUBMITTER: Veenstra GL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8876425 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr-Jun 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature