Job Satisfaction and Associated Factors Among Health Care Professionals Working in Public Health Facilities in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review

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Figure 1 PRISMA flow chart diagram for systematic review and meta-analysis.

Table 1 Descriptive Summary of 8 Studies in Systematic Review of the Prevalence of Job Satisfaction of Health Care Professionals in Ethiopia

Author/Year of Publication	Region	Sample Method	Sample Size	Outcome	Prevalence
Gedif et al, 2018^Citation13	Amhara	Simple random	416	225	54
Temesgen et al, 2018^Citation14	Amhara	Simple random	575	182	31.7
Geleto et al, 2015^Citation25	Harari	Stratified	405	179	44.2
Mengistu et al, 2015^Citation21	Oromia	Simple random	108	8	34.9
Yami et al, 2011^Citation23	Oromia	Simple random	145	60	41.4
Deriba et al, 2017^Citation22	Oromia	Simple random	320	133	41.46
Merga 2019^Citation7	Oromia	Stratified	415	160	38.5
Tadese et al, 2015^Citation24	Addis Ababa	Simple random	296	193	43.2

Figure 2 The frost plot studies on the prevalence of job satisfaction of health care professionals in Ethiopia.

Figure 3 Funnel plot to of job satisfaction of healthcare professionals in Ethiopia.

Figure 4 Funnel plot fill and trim analysis of job satisfaction of healthcare professionals in Ethiopia.

Figure 5 The subgroup analysis towards job satisfaction of healthcare professionals in Ethiopia.

Table 2 Subgroup Analysis of Pooled Prevalence Job Satisfaction of Health Care Professionals in Ethiopia

Subgroups		Number of Studies	Prevalence	Heterogeneity Statistics	p-value	Ι^2	Tau Squared
Sampling technique	Multistage	3	11.47 (1.621–21.33)	137.89	< 0.001	98.5%	74.26
	Simple random	3	13.33 (2.783–23.88)	75.49	< 0.001	97.4%	84.37
	Others*	2	41.35 (35.76–46.93)	72.30	< 0.001	95.9%	65.65
Study period	< 2016	5	40.96 (38.40–43.52)	447.66	< 0.001	99.3%	6.74
	≥ 2016	6	41.42 (31.45–51.38)	24086.55	< 0.001	100%	103.44

Note: *Others; systematic and stratified sampling.

Table 3 Meta-Regression Analysis of Studies Job Satisfaction of Health Care Professionals in Ethiopia, 2020

Heterogeneity	Coefficients	Std. Err.	p-value
Publication year	−.053	435.37	1.000
Sample size	0.00097	7.28	1.000
Sampling method	−.44	1.15	0.718
Region	−.24	0.84	0.789

Figure 6 Sensitivity analysis which indicates the job satisfaction of health care professionals in Ethiopia.

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