Burnout, satisfaction and happiness among German general practitioners (GPs): A cross-sectional survey on health resources and stressors.

ABSTRACT: Well-being is a major issue among health care professionals, especially physicians. Less job satisfaction and impaired health can have an impact on health care quality. Our aim was to examine the association of stressors (illegitimate tasks) and health related resources (work-related sense of coherence; recovery experience) with life satisfaction, happiness, job satisfaction and burnout among German general practitioners (GPs). We conducted a cross-sectional survey among general medical practices in Germany. Main outcome measures were life satisfaction, happiness (Subjective Happiness Scale), job satisfaction (Work Satisfaction Scale) and burnout (Copenhagen Burnout Inventory). 548 GPs from across Germany participated (53.6% males, 45.6% females; mostly representative of German GPs). One t

SUBMITTER: Werdecker L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8213182 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature