Job Satisfaction in Primary Health Care Physicians in Selected Family Medicine Centers in Cairo | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine | ||
| Article 8, Volume 36, Issue 3, July 2018, Pages 83-91 PDF (216.54 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejcm.2018.16336 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Job satisfaction is the affective orientation that an employee has towards his work. Greater physician satisfaction is associated with greater patient adherence and satisfaction. Objective: this study aimed at assessing the level of job satisfaction among PHC physicians in new Cairo district, and to assess the potential factors affecting job satisfaction among them, also to measure the work related affective wellbeing among them. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional epidemiological approach was adopted using two interview questionnaires; Job satisfaction survey (JSS) and Job-related affective well-being scale JAWS. Results: Job dissatisfaction was encountered in 47.6% of physicians. Pay, fringe benefits and contingent rewards were the most frequently encountered domains with which physicians were dissatisfied. Married physicians, years of experience 5 – 15 years had higher JSS compared to single physicians and fewer years of experience. Also JAWS score was a significant independent variable affecting JSS score. The affective well-being score ranged from 45 to 74 with mean ± SD 61.6±5.5, and it was affected by age, with no significant effect of other demographic characteristics. Conclusion: It is highly recommended to improve working conditions, payment and provision of better opportunities for promotion of PHC physicians to subsequently improve their subjective wellbeing and their job satisfaction which in turn will improve their performance. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Job Satisfaction; affective wellbeing | ||
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