Does lack of job satisfaction intensify psychological distress among clinicians, and vice versa?
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Khaula Atif 1 * , Gholamheidar Teimori Boghsani 2, Annam Javed 3, Amna Javed 4, Sidra Javed 5
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1 Health Care Administrator, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan2 School of Public Health, Torbat Heydariyeh University of Medical Sciences, Torbat Heydariyeh, Iran3 Trainee General Medicine, National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan4 Trainee Emergency Medicine, Shifa International Hospital, Islamabad, Pakistan5 National University of Medical Sciences, Rawalpindi, Pakistan* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Background:
To analyze prevalence of job dissatisfaction and psychological distress among doctors with exposure of significant socio-demographic aggravators.

Material and Methods:
This descriptive KAP-survey was conducted under the auspices of Pak Emirates Hospital Rawalpindi from Sep 2017-Apr 2018. Information was collected on a self-designed questionnaire, standardized General Health Questionnaire-12 (GHQ-12) and Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS). Data analyzed via SPSS-21 and p-value (p<0.05 considered significant).

Results:
Distress and job satisfaction scores were 12.31±6.33(0-30) and 127.28±29.432(36-201) respectively; with a significant positive correlation of job satisfaction with age (0.288 & <0.001), negative correlation of distress with age (-0.177 & 0.008) and job satisfaction (-0.355 & <0.001). Distress was harbored by 20(74.1%), 40(55.6%) and 12(16.7%) of dissatisfied, indecisive or satisfied participants respectively. Age, marital status, total offspring, job description, working schedules, salaries and work experience significantly affected outcome variables; gender and qualification remained inert. Respondents satisfied with job were less distressed than ambivalent (cOR 0.120; 95% CI, 0.047-0.304) or dissatisfied (cOR 0.168; 95% CI, 0.056-0.506).

Conclusion:
Perpetual relation between job dissatisfaction and psychological distress was confirmed. All echelons of health care providers must be intermittently screened and managed for psychosomatic perils; every aggravator must also be quarried and catered-for.

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Article Type: Original Article

ELECTRON J GEN MED, Volume 15, Issue 5, October 2018, Article No: em82

https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/92619

Publication date: 07 Oct 2018

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