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. 2023 Jun 9;20(12):6088. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20126088

Table 4.

CATI: Additional factors driving GPs’ satisfaction and dissatisfaction with working under pandemic circumstances (n = 102).

Satisfaction n %
Contributing to patients’/public health 52 51.0
Doing something meaningful 45 44.1
High appreciation from patients 38 37.3
Administered many vaccinations 36 35.3
High regard in the public 25 24.5
Teamwork 21 20.6
I have not been ill 16 15.7
Care of seriously ill patients 13 12.7
Support of my family 11 10.8
Dissatisfaction n %
Higher workload in general 40 39.2
Higher workload scheduling appointments 19 18.6
Ambiguity about responsibilities for patients 18 17.6
Not knowing about regulations from local health departments regarding my patients and their families 13 12.7
Increased costs due to hygienic measures 13 12.7
Necessity of spatial patient separation 11 10.8
GPs can take more responsibilities and have the capacities to do so 9 8.8
Unexpected staff shortages 8 7.8
Death of own patients 6 5.9
Losing primary responsibility for own patients 5 4.9
GPs’ loss of power if local health departments take over 4 3.9