Background:Professional motivation is fundamental for performance of good medical practices in all its aspects: human and social, technical and intellectual.1 The goal of this study is to evaluate the professional motivation of Anaesthesiology residents and attendings in Portugal and to identify factors that may influence it. Materials/Methods:Observational descriptive analytical study carried out in October and November of 2017, in the population of Anaesthesiology physicians in Portugal. Study sample was invited to answer by email to the questionnaire "Multi-Factor Scale of Working Motivation (Multi-Moti)" 1, as well as
demographic data. Multi-Moti has 28 items, grouped into 4 dimensions: work organization (WO), performance motivation (PM), self-realization and professional progression (RP) and involvement (IE). All of the items are associated with a Likert type response scale with 5 alternatives (from “1 – completely disagree” to “5- completely agree”). Data were analysed through SPSS24.0.Results/Discussion: 110
Anaesthesiology professionals answered the questionnaire. Most of them were women (72,7%), married or non-marital partnership (52,7%), without children (62,7%), worked in a university hospital (60,9%), in a public hospital (80,0%) and more than 40 hours a week (89,1%). For the total sample, a median of 4.0 was
obtained in all domains, except in the OT domain (median 3.0). Only in the WO domain (p = 0,027) a statistically significant difference was obtained between residents (3,23 ± 0,85) and attendings (2,80 ± 1,17). In WO domain there were statistically significant difference between familiar status married/nonmarital
partnership and single (higher score in last group, p = 0,027). Also, in WO domain difference between working in private hospital or both (public and private), higher in first group (p=0,039), and in RP domain higher in the second group (p=0,041). In addition, there was a disparity between working or not in a university hospital in the RP domain (p = 0,034, higher in non-university hospitals).Conclusion: Currently,Portuguese Anaesthesiologists physicians are professionally motivated
and, in general, the degree of medical career does not influence the level of motivation. Single status, those who practice in non-university hospitals or those who work in the private sector have a higher degree of professional motivation.References: 1.Comportamento organizacional e Gestão. 2006;12(2).

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