Job Satisfaction and its Related Factors in Midwives Working in the Health Services System in Iran: A Systematic Review

Job satisfaction of midwives plays an important role in the efficiency and performance of health centers and the quality of midwifery services. This study reviewed job satisfaction and its related factors among midwives working in health systems in Iran.

In this systematic review, the databases of Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, PsycINFO, Embase, Google Scholar and Magiran, were searched between 2000 and 2021 using keywords of midwife, job satisfaction, occupational stress, and Iran. The research steps were based on PRISMA. For quality assessment, the articles were evaluated according to the inclusion criteria by two researchers with the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. 

A total of 23 articles including 3,352 midwives working in the health and medical centers were reviewed. The level of job satisfaction was moderate, and the job satisfaction of midwives working in hospitals was lower than that of those working in health centers. The highest level of satisfaction was related to the job positions and relationships with colleagues, and the lowest level was in relation to the salary and job benefits. Marital status, age, income, salary, organizational position, education, employment status, interest in the field of education, and workplace had a relationship with increasing job satisfaction. Tensions in the workplace environment was associated with decreasing job satisfaction.

It is necessary to provide conditions to improve job satisfaction of midwives in order to identify and removing barriers and improving professional belonging to promote occupational health and optimize the quality of providing midwifery services.