Determinants of well-being and their interconnections in Australian general practitioners: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The well-being of doctors is recognised as a major priority in healthcare, yet there is little research on how general practitioners (GPs) keep well. We aimed to address this gap by applying a positive psychology lens, and exploring what determines GPs' well-being, as opposed to burnout and mental ill health, in Australia.

Design

Semi-structured qualitative interviews. From March to September 2021, we interviewed GPs working in numerous settings, using snowball and purposive sampling to expand recruitment across Australia. 20 GPs participated individually via Zoom. A semi-structured interview-guide provided a framework to explore well-being from a personal, organisational and systemic perspective. Recordings were transcribed verbatim, and inductive thematic analys

SUBMITTER: Naehrig D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9258487 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature