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Table 4 Mean construct-wise motivation scores of community health workers in Ahmedabad, India, during 2018–19

From: Who could be One Health Activist at the community level?: A case for India

Constructs of motivation

FHWs (mean ± SD)

MHWs (mean ± SD)

p-value

General motivation

2.1 ± 0.6

1.9 ± 0.5

0.099

Burnout

2.5 ± 0.9

2.3 ± 1.2

0.045*

Job satisfaction

1.2 ± 0.3

1.1 ± 0.2

0.001*

Intrinsic job satisfaction

1.5 ± 0.5

1.5 ± 0.5

0.824

Organization commitment

1.5 ± 0.5

1.4 ± 0.5

0.133

Conscientiousness and self-efficacy

1.7 ± 0.6

1.5 ± 0.6

0.007*

Timeliness

1.8 ± 0.4

1.8 ± 0.4

0.954

Personal issues

1.7 ± 0.6

1.8 ± 0.7

0.463

Overall motivation

1.8 ± 0.2

1.6 ± 0.2

0.001*

  1. Min–max for the individual dimension under each construct was captured through an agreement scale of 1 to 4, i.e., strong disagreement (1) to a strong agreement (4)
  2. FHWs Female Health Workers, MHWs Male Health Workers
  3. *p < 0.05 is considered as significant and derived from two-sample t-test using variables with unequal variance