PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Li, Liqing
AU  - Gan, Yong
AU  - Jiang, Heng
AU  - Yang, Yudi
AU  - Zhou, Xiaogang
AU  - Zheng, Yanling
AU  - Yu, Fang
AU  - Liu, Jianxin
AU  - Zhong, Yanyan
AU  - Chen, Yanli
AU  - Yu, Minyi
AU  - Liu, Ling
AU  - Liu, Junan
AU  - Lu, Zuxun
TI  - Job Satisfaction and Its Associated Factors Among General Practitioners in China
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2020.03.190126
DP  - 2020 May 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 456--459
VI  - 33
IP  - 3
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/33/3/456.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/33/3/456.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2020 May 01; 33
AB  - Objectives: Investigation is scare on job satisfaction among general practitioners (GPs) in China. This study aimed to investigate job satisfaction of GPs in China and explore its determinants.Methods: A multistage-stratified random sampling method was used to collect data with a structured self-administered questionnaire from 3236 GPs (response rate, 99.8%) working in community health institutions in China between October 2017 and February 2018. Multiple linear stepwise regression analysis was used to analyze the associated factors with job satisfaction among GPs.Results: Among these respondents, 1215 (37.5%), 352 (10.9%), and 1669 (51.6%) GPs were dissatisfied, moderate, and satisfied for their current job, respectively. Male GPs, a higher education level, at a higher professional title, at a lower level of income, and those with heavy work stress had a lower job satisfaction. In addition, GPs who often worked overtime, who were at a higher level of emotional exhaustion, at a higher level of depersonalization, at a lower level of personal accomplishment, and who had less occupational development opportunities reported a lower level of job satisfaction.Conclusion: These findings suggest that job satisfaction among Chinese GPs is at a moderate level. Region, sex, professional title, education level, working overtime, income level, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, personal accomplishment, work stress, and occupational development opportunities were significant predictors of job satisfaction.