Job satisfaction and stress among MCH physicians in Alexandria
Author: Abd El Aziz HM, Zaghloul AA
Source:
The Journal of the Egyptian Public Health Association, 77(3-4), 409-427.
Physician satisfaction with their job is a topic of importance to physicians in
practice, physicians in training, health administrators, and health executives.
Stress among physicians arises due to inadequate demands of the job in relation
to worker's abilities, frustrated aspirations, and dissatisfaction with regard to
aimed goals. The cross-sectional study design was conducted at 7 randomly
selected Maternal and Child Health (MCH) centres, affiliated to seven medical
zones in AlexandriThe study sample consisted of all physicians working at the
studied MCH centres. A questionnaire designed for data collection was distributed
to all physicians available and who accepted to participate in the study. The
questionnaire included 4 sections measuring, socio-demographic characteristics,
overall satisfaction and global satisfaction, an eight-dimension satisfaction
scale, and a four-dimension stress scale. The questionnaire was distributed to
100 physicians out of whom 77% responded. Satisfaction scale was on a scale
ranging from 6 (greatly satisfied) to 1 (greatly dissatisfied). Stress was on a
scale ranging from 6 (greatly stressed) to 1 (greatly unstressed). The total mean
satisfaction score for the sample under study was 3.3 +/- 0.6 with a significant
difference among zones (F = 4.4, p < 0.05), and the total mean stress score for
the sample under study was 3.8 +/- 0.7 with a significant difference among zones
(F = 2.4, p < 0.05). It is recommended that decision makers at the MOHP find ways
to raise the physicians' pay, efficient planning of resources, and find
opportunities for future promotion.