Difficult medical encounters and job satisfaction - results of a cross sectional study with general practitioners in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In primary care 15% of patient encounters are perceived as challenging by general practitioners (GP). However it is unknown what impact these encounters have regarding job satisfaction. The aim of this study was to evaluate which encounters are perceived as challenging by German GPs and whether they were associated with job satisfaction.

Methods

A total of 1538 questionnaires were sent to GPs in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. GPs should rate 14 medical conditions and 8 traits of patients on the perceived challenge using a Likert scale (1: 'not challenging at all' to 10: 'extremely challenging'). Job satisfaction was measured with the Warr-Cook-Wall job satisfaction scale. A linear regression analyses were used to explore potential associations b

SUBMITTER: Goetz K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5944023 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature